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H EDU 5950-50 EMT-Basic training for University credit with state
certification
H EDU 5960-50 EMT-Basic training for University credit without
state certification
H EDU 009-50 EMT-Basic training not for University credit with
state certification
INSTRUCTOR
Steven Atkinson Course Coordinator and Lead Instructor
Phone: (801) 585-1652
E-mail: satkinso@health.utah.edu
OFFICE INFORMATION
Office hours will be available by appointment
REQUIRED TEXT
Emergency Care and Transport of the Sick and Injured, Seventh
Edition, 1998; Jones and Bartlett
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Workbook for Emergency Care and Transport of the Sick and Injured,
Seventh Edition, 1998; Jones and Bartlett
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary; Fifth
Edition, 1998; Mosby, St. Louis
COURSE PREREQUISITES
Students must be certified in Healthcare Provider or Professional
Rescuer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation prior to the beginning of
class. You must provide a copy of your BLS card (both sides) prior
to the end of the second week of class or you will forfeit State
Certification. If your card expires prior to the last day of this
class, it is your responsibility to provide a copy of your updated
card prior to the last day of class or you will not be recommended
for State Certification. The following agencies or institutions
can provide BLS training and certification:
UofU Emergency Programs Learning Lab
(UofU Campus, Annex 2107) - 581-5481
American Heart Association - 322-5601
American Red Cross - 323-7000
ATTENDANCE
The University of Utah prohibits requiring attendance as a factor
in your grade. The State BEMS, however, requires a minimum of
120 hours of training in specific areas for State Certification.
Rolls will be kept for each class and require your signature to
verify your attendance. It is your responsibility to account for
all missed lectures, practical labs, or tests and
make up the missed materials through an approved EMT-Basic training
course. To find out what courses are currently being taught contact
the State BEMS (538-6435) or visit the State BEMS Web Site at:
http://www.health.state.ut.us/ems
Prior to attending another course for missed
lectures, practical labs, or tests, you must first have a letter
from your Course Coordinator, lead instructor or medical director
admitting you into that course. The letter is then placed in your
file to verify your attendance.
It is the policy of the Department of Health Education that students who miss the first two class periods of the semester or the first class period of a once-a-week class without prior notification to the instructor may be dropped from the course by the instructor. Completion of the withdrawal process is the responsibility of the student.
DIDACTIC EXPECTATIONS
You are expected to attend all lectures in their entirety. Examinations,
both written and practical, will be based on information presented
in lecture. You are expected to participate in discussion sessions,
group activities, and class projects to be considered for State
Certification.
PRACTICAL EXPECTATIONS
The practical sessions of this class will combine the material
given in lecture with practical demonstrations and instruction
in the performance of required skills on mannequins and other
students. Participation in practical lab sessions is mandatory
for those students seeking State Certification and for those students
NOT seeking state certification. Participation in practical lab
sessions has some inherent risks. This course involves strenuous
physical activity, the possible exposure to body fluids (including
blood), the use of electrical and mechanical devices (including
compressed oxygen cylinders, cardiac
monitors and defibrillators) and performance of these activities,
outside or under less than ideal circumstances. Because of the
hands on nature of practical sessions, when students become uncomfortable
in situations by other students, you have the responsibility to
immediately inform them and/or faculty of their concerns.
CLINICAL EXPECTATIONS
Your clinical rotation is also mandatory. The State BEMS requires
10 hours of clinical time. We have arranged several clinical rotations
to assist you in completing this requirement. Participation in
the clinical rotation also has some inherent risks, including
but not limited to exposure to blood and/or body fluids, strenuous
physical activity, lifting and moving patients, the use of electrical
and mechanical devices. These activities may be in a hospital
or clinic setting or they may be outdoors under extremes in weather.
You are expected to follow those guidelines or you will be dismissed
from your
clinical rotation and not recommended for State Certification.
Because specific contracts have been signed with the clinical
sites, you are required to fulfill your clinical rotation at the
clinical sites associated with this course. It is strongly recommended
that you have current immunization with the following vaccines:
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Hepatitis
B. Some clinical training sites require proof that you are current
with these immunizations. It only stands to reason that a person
working around body fluids and their potential pathogens be current
on these immunizations. These immunizations are available at the
University Student Health
Services in the Wasatch Clinic
located at 555 South Foothill Blvd., 581-8000
or 581-6431. The cost of these immunizations are the responsibility
of the
student.
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
This class is taught at a professional level to teach students
to become healthcare professionals. Students are expected to behave
professionally in all aspects of this class. You must wear your
name badge to all lectures, practical sessions, and clinical rotations.
Dress appropriately for class, there are many times when we will
be rolling around on the floor, working outside or under less
than ideal conditions.
ACCOMMODATION FOR DISABILITIES
Participation in didactic, practical, and clinical activities
requires meeting certain cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
objectives as outlined in EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum.
These specific objectives are easily identified in the text as
"DOT Objectives." State Certification as well as your
class evaluation will be based primarily on these objectives.
These objectives require a certain degree of motor skills, interpersonal
skills, and language skills as outlined in the BEMS Declaration
of Understanding. If you have conditions, limitations or special
needs that may effect your learning or
performance of these objectives you must notify the course coordinator
in writing prior to the end of the first week of class so that
reasonable accommodations may be made in compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act. Requests for accommodations for special
conditions, limitations and/or special needs from the State must
be made in writing
to the Course Coordinator and the State BEMS as soon as possible.
Provide one copy to the course coordinator and mail another to:
Utah
State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
Attention EMT-Basic Training Officer
P.O. Box 142852 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
RECOMMENDATION FOR CERTIFICATION
You will receive a letter of recommendation for State Certification
from the Course Coordinator and the medical director if you
meet all State requirements. A completed and notarized State
Application for EMS Certification (including one passport size
photographs), Authorization for Criminal Background Investigation,
and notarized Declaration of Understanding, with the appropriate
fees must be turned in to the course coordinator by the end of
the first week of class. Other State requirements not previously
described above include documentation of successful completion
of all State Teaching and Testing Protocols and 100 documented
patient assessments. You have 90 days from the last day of
class to fulfill all State requirements to be recommended for
State Certification. If you have a criminal background, you
must contact the BEMS (538-6435) about all convictions (except
minor traffic violations) before the end of the first week of
class. Please keep in mind that because you are recommended by
the Course Coordinator for certification it does not guarantee
that the BEMS will deem you eligible for certification or that
you will be guaranteed State certification. These issues must
be addressed with the State BEMS and not the Course Coordinator.
CERTIFICATION FEES
EMT BASIC TRAINING FEES EMT BASIC
RECERTIFICATION FEES
State Certification Fee $30.00 State
Recertification Fee $10.00
State Written Fee $15.00
State Recertification Written Test
$12.00
State Practical Fee $30.00
State Recertification Practical
Test $80.00
Criminal Investigation $10.00
Total: $85.00 Total: $112.00*
*The Recert Practical Test can be taken at the University of Utah for a $60.00 fee.
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL FEES
State Written Retest Fee
$15.00
State Fee for Lapsed Certification $15.00
State Practical Retest Fee
$30.00
If you have NOT lived in Utah for the last 5 years you will be required to pay for a $39.00 fee for an FBI and fingerprint check for a total of $114.00 for state fees.
All State certification and testing fees
are non-refundable.Make checks or money orders payable to: Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
Cash will not be accepted for payment of State fees.
STATE CERTIFICATION TESTING
To complete your State certification you must pass two tests.
The first is a computerized written test based on US
Department of Transportation (DOT) EMT-Basic National Standard
Curriculum. You have two hours to
complete 100 questions. You may call to schedule a written test
when your Course Coordinator lets you know it is appropriate.
Call the State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services at 538-6435-Option
2 when informed to do so by your Course Coordinator. The second
test is a two part practical skills test that consists of a random
skill based on the State Teaching and Testing Protocols (TTP's)
and a scenario (either medical or trauma). You will be notified
later in this course when and where your practical test will be.
If you do not pass either test you may schedule a second test
with the BEMS after
paying the retesting fees. If you do not pass one part of the
practical test you need only retest the part you did not pass
(i.e. repeating the scenario but not the skill if you did not
pass the scenario and did pass the skill). If you do not pass
the second test, you will be denied certification unless you repeat
an approved EMT-Basic training course in its entirety and retest
at that time.
CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Your EMT-B Certification is valid for 4 years while your CPR Certification
is only good for 2 years. In order to maintain EMT-B certification,
your CPR Certification MUST be renewed every two years.
Those students whose CPR certification is invalidated by the end
of this course will not be recommended for certification and will
be dropped down to the non-certification level. Once certified
as an EMT-B, you must attend at least 25 CME (Continuing
Medical Education) hours to RE-CERTIFY as an EMT each year
to total 100 CME hours in four years. If you do not complete 25
CME hours each year you will be considered lapsed and must complete
a DOT refresher course within one year to remain licensed
as an EMT-B. Following that time period you will be required to
take another EMT class. For further details see:
http://www.health.state.ut.us/ems
EMT-INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATION
If you are seeking EMT-Intermediate Certification, you must work
for a provider agency for a one-year period of time.Additionally,
you must complete those skills required for an EMT-I. This course
is provided through the University of Utah each summer.
COURSE TESTING AND GRADING POLICY
All students regardless of certification status, credit/no-credit
status, or if recertifying are expected to take all scheduled
written and practical examinations. Written and practical examinations
will be based on information from National Curriculum, State Protocols,
the current required course text, and on any material (both didactic
and practical) presented in class. These examinations will be
used only to determine eligibility for certification and a grade
for the class using the following:
4 written midterms (you may drop your
lowest midterm score) 300 points
Comprehensive Final Exam 200
points
Final Practical Tests 100
points
Computer Generated Modular Quizzes (on the Internet)
70 points
Assessment Sign-Off Sheets 100
points
Teacher Evaluation 50
points
CPR Card
50 points
In-class pop quizzes 100
points
TOTAL 970 POINTS
A 92-100 A-
89-91
B+ 86-88 B 83-85 B- 80-82
C+ 77-79 C 74-76 C- 71-73
D+ 68-70 D 65-67 E
0-64 *You will not receive EMT-B
certification for the HIGHLIGHTED grades!
No make up examinations will be given, if you have to miss a test for ANY reason, this will be your dropped test though the material missed on that day will still need to be made up to be recommended for certification. The final examination is comprehensive. A final class grade of "C-" (71 points minimum) must be achieved to be recommended for State Certification.