The Emergency Medical Technician course provides participants with the EMT basics for pre-hospital emergency medical care.
In this course, participants will learn:
- How to conduct an initial evaluation, and treat and transport patients with medical problems as well as those with injuries from accidents (trauma).
- Participants will learn to recognize and provide initial care for shock, heart and breathing problems, strokes, burns, diabetes, drowning and accidents.
- Participants will learn to perform a complete pre-hospital patient assessment; understand current legal aspects of pre-hospital care; identify and treat common medical emergencies; identify and treat traumatically injured patients; identify and treat special patient populations (ob/gyn, pediatrics, geriatric, environmental emergencies); and identify the properties of approved pharmacological agents.
These course contents exceed the National and State Standard Curriculum for EMTs. The course shall also include AHA Healthcare Provider CPR. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to sit for the EMT State and National licensing exams.
Course Price: $1,200
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Course Materials (not included in course fees):
MyLab BRADY with Pearson eText for Emergency Care ISBN-13: 9780135379080 | Published 2020. Please be sure to select the MyLab tab. The cost for the eText is $104.99.
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Scholarships
The following are scholarships available to participants seeking EMT training. These scholarships are not affiliated with or managed by Framingham State University and are published here for informational purposes. Please refer to the links for more information:
Bound Tree Legacy Scholarship Program
NAEMT Foundation Scholarship
