This course provides the student with the skills to perform patient assessment, stabilize/immobilize injuries and provide basic treatment of medical emergencies at the Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT) level. Prerequisite: Emergency Medical Technician (30-531-3)entry requirements Emergency Medical Technician 1 (30-513-305) or equivalency.
You can reuse your book from EMT
There is a book required for this course: "Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured, Eleventh Ed." (ISBN 9781284080179)
Purchase this book online from the SWTC Bookstore.
The following book is recommended for this course: BLS For Healthcare Providers Student Manual (ISBN 9781616694074)
Purchase this book online from the SWTC Bookstore.
One attempt at the NREMT cognitive exam for licensure is included in the registration fee. All students will attempt the NREMT cognitive exam at the conclusion of the course.
The fee for the psychomotor exam is separate and will be collected near the end of the course.
ALL CLASSES LISTED ARE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION ONE WEEK PRIOR TO START DATE, BASED ON MINIMUM ENROLLMENT OF 15 STUDENTS.
In order to participate in required field training, all students must provide the following:
Physical Exam by a Physician
Background Investigation
TB skin testing (or titier)
MMR (vaccine or titer)
Varicella (Chicken Pox) (vaccine or titer)
Hep B (vaccine or titer)
Tetanus/TDAP
Copy and paste the below link to access the required paperwork
https://www.swtc.edu/student-resources/learning-resources/health-programs-support#health-records
or the link is on the Southwest Tech homepage at the very bottom under Health/Physical Forms
***IF YOU ARE A CURRENTLY WISCONSIN LICENSED EMR AND WISHING TO TRANSITION TO EMT, PLEASE CONTACT KEN BARTZ AT kbartz@swtc.edu or 822-2704 TO DISCUSS YOUR OPTIONS***
select | Section | Start Date | End Date | Credits | Available Seats | Instructor | M | T | W | Th | F | S | Su | Time | Location | Cost |
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Select | 0002 | Oct 25, 2022 | Jan 26, 2023 | 3 | 15 | Kenneth Bartz | ✔ | ✔ | 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Public Safety Building-Room 2007 | $678.18 | |||||
This course meets face-to-face two days per week. Please note this course requires significant outside work including clinical rotations. If you need BLS certification, please email kbartz@swtc.edu | ||||||||||||||||
Select | 0003 | Oct 25, 2022 | Jan 26, 2023 | 3 | 10 | Kenneth Bartz | ✔ | ✔ | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Mineral Point Rescue Squad | $678.18 | |||||
This course meets face-to-face two nights per week. Please note this course requires significant outside work including clinical rotations. If you need BLS certification, please email kbartz@swtc.edu | ||||||||||||||||
Select | 0004 | Oct 25, 2022 | Jan 26, 2023 | 3 | 13 | Kenneth Bartz | ✔ | ✔ | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Lancaster Rescue Squad | $678.18 | |||||
This course meets face-to-face two nights per week. Please note this course requires significant outside work including clinical rotations. If you need BLS certification, please email kbartz@swtc.edu | ||||||||||||||||
Select | 0005 | Oct 25, 2022 | Jan 26, 2023 | 3 | 11 | Kenneth Bartz | ✔ | ✔ | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM | Plain EMS | $678.18 | |||||
This course meets face-to-face two nights per week. Please note this course requires significant outside work including clinical rotations. If you need BLS certification, please email kbartz@swtc.edu |