Course Description
This course is designed to provide rescuers with the emergency medical
knowledge and skills necessary to care for the sick and injured in
a prehospital setting. Topics include the recognition and treatment
of respiratory and circulatory emergencies, trauma, medical emergencies,
environmental injuries, emergency childbirth, and psychological emergencies.
Sixteen instruction hours, eight laboratory hours.
Audience
Municipal and Volunteer Fire Department, EMS Units, and Industrial Health/Safety
Systems
Course Dates
As requested
Course Length
24 hours
Course Cost
New York State Department of Health provides tuition reimbursement (when
available) for students from NYS EMS agencies who successfully complete
approved courses and become certified. If the student does not qualify
for State tuition reimbursement, the student will be responsible for
paying the $300 tuition.