EMT Courses
EMT 100 Introduction to EMS
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-4, DSPR 0700, DSPW 0700
This course provides the participant with an introduction to the Emergency Medical Services system. Content includes ethics, legal considerations, critical incident stress management, and an historical account of the EMS system.
EMT 101 Basic EMT I
Credit Hrs: 6 Pre-Req: High School graduation or GED equivalency, 18 years of age, HSC 100, and basic level placement (0700 courses, DSPM Mods. 1-4) prior to state board testing.
Co-Req: HSC 100, EMT 100
This is the entry level course to the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) profession. Areas to be included are: EMT roles and responsibilities, airway management, patient assessment, medical emergencies, anatomy and physiology, documentation, lifting and moving, and communications. Practical labs will be conducted. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be eligible to enroll in EMT 102. EMT 102 must be completed successfully for the student to be eligible to take the State of Tennessee Basic EMT Licensure Examination. EMT 102 must be completed in the semester immediately following EMT 101. If EMT 102 is not taken in this manner, EMT 101 must be repeated.
EMT 102 Basic EMT II
Credit Hrs: 6 Pre-Req: HSC 100, EMT 100, EMT 101, and basic placement courses prior to state board testing.
Co-Req: EMT 104
Must be taken in same academic year as EMT 101 to be submitted for licensure. Areas to be included in this course are: childbirth, trauma emergencies, pediatric emergencies, environmental emergencies, behavioral emergencies, and ambulance operations. Practical labs will be conducted. Emergency department and prehospital clinical experience is required. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be eligible to take a comprehensive competency-based examination. A passing score of 80 percent is required to be eligible to take the Basic EMT Licensure Examination given by the Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Services.
EMT 104 EMT Extended Skills
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: EMT 100 and EMT 102
Co-Req: EMT 102
This course prepares the EMT student to perform skill competencies consistent with State of Tennessee EMT regulations. Content areas include intravenous access, pharmacology and medication administration for the Basic EMT, and review of airway management. Practical lab and clinical experiences are required.
EMT 105 Emergency Medical Dispatch
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: DSPR 0700 and Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider with current card.
Co-Req: None
This course prepares the participant for the role of an emergency medical dispatcher consistent with state of Tennessee regulations. Content areas include telecommunicator roles and responsibilities, FCC rules and regulations, legal issues, crisis intervention techniques, basic telecommunications techniques, critical incident stress management, and a practicum in a communication center. Practical labs will be conducted.
EMT 106 Human Systems for the EMT-Para
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Basic EMT license preferred.
Co-Req: None
Introduction of the student to anatomy and physiology for the EMT-Paramedic. An overview of each human body system will be conducted. Medical terminology will also be taught.
EMT 107 Math for Pre-hospital Profess
Credit Hrs: 2 Pre-Req: DSPM Mods. 1-6
Co-Req: None
This section introduces math to the prehospital professional. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals will be taught. In addition, students will be taught to use household, apothecary and metric tables to solve practical dosage problems. Other topics to be covered include calculating drug dosages for the adult and pediatric patients, intravenous drip rates, interpreting drug orders and drug labels and the use of ratio and proportion to calculate drug dosages.
EMT 141 EMS Symposium I
Credit Hrs: 2 Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
The focus of this course will be topics of current interest in the field of Emergency Medical Services. Subjects covered will relate to skills, procedures, or knowledge required by current and future practitioners in order to provide high quality care.
EMT 142 EMS Symposium II
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: None
Co-Req: None
The focus of this course will be topics of current interest in the field of Emergency Medical Services. Subjects covered will relate to skills, procedures, or knowledge required by current and future practitioners in order to provide high quality care.
EMT 150 Independent Study in EMT
Credit Hrs: 1 Pre-Req: Admission to the Paramedic Program or permission of the EMT Program Director.
Co-Req: None
This course of study is designed to meet individual learning needs. Faculty supervision and guidance is provided to accomplish the selected learning objectives.
EMT 159 Preparatory
Credit Hrs: 6 Pre-Req: Licensed EMT, EMT 100, and EMT 106 or BIOL 2010 and 2020
Co-Req: None
Introduction of the student to the role of the EMT-Paramedic in the health care delivery system. The well-being of the EMT-Paramedic, including illness and injury prevention, will be taught. Other topics include venous access and medication administration, therapeutic communication, and life span development.
EMT 160 Principles of Pathophysiology
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Licensed EMT, EMT 100, and EMT 106 or BIOL 2010 and 2020
Co-Req: None
This section introduces pathophysiology as it correlates to the disease process. Cellular composition and function, including alterations in body fluids environment, will be taught. Other topics include genetics, familial disease, hypoperfusion, the body?s self-defense mechanism, the inflammatory process, immunity, and stress response to diseases.
EMT 161 Patient Assessment
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to the Paramedic Program
Co-Req: EMT 159
Introduction of the student to patient assessment utilized by the EMT-Paramedic. History taking, techniques of physical exam, conceptual approach to the process of patient assessment, clinical decision making, patient interaction, and documentation will be taught. This section will lay the foundation for additional course work in patient assessment, stabilization, and treatment.
EMT 162 Pre Hospital Pharmacology Intr
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
Introduction of the student to general groups of drugs and classification of each. Topics include therapeutic effects of drugs, indications, contraindications, dosage and side effects. Also, the student will learn methods of administering medications after calculations of appropriate dosages. This unit is designed to help the EMT-Paramedic implement a patient management plan based on principles and applications of pharmacology. Issues such as personal responsibility for safe and therapeutically effective drug administration within legal and ethical realms will be taught.
EMT 163 Medical Situations
Credit Hrs: 6 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
Introduction of the student to medical illnesses as encountered by the EMT-Paramedic. This section incorporates previously learned abilities into teaching the pathophysiology, symptomology, and treatment for diseases and injury to the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, and nervous system. Topics include areas of instruction in pulmonary, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, allergies, gastroenterology, renal and urology, toxicology, hematology, environmental disorders, infectious and communicable diseases, behavioral disorder, gynecology, and obstetrics. ACLS certification will be awarded during this course to students meeting the established criteria of the American Heart Association.
EMT 164 Airway Management
Credit Hrs: 2 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
This section is designed to teach the EMT-Paramedic student how to establish and maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient. Details of upper and lower airways, including differences in pediatric variations, is taught. Other topics include details of respiration, ventilation, measurement of gases, and causes of decreased oxygen concentrations in the blood. Psychomotor skill labs will be conducted.
EMT 165 Clinical Experience I
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
Clinical education is comprised of time spent in various area hospitals, clinics, field trips, and EMS agencies. Major emphasis is placed on EMS observation, emergency room, labor and delivery, pediatrics, operating room, and recovery room.
EMT 170 EMS Operations
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
The student will practice previously learned paramedic skills. Medical incident command, rescue operations and awareness, basic water rescue, confined space rescue awareness, highway/vehicle rescue operations, hazardous terrain, hazardous materials awareness and operations, and crime scene awareness and operations will be conducted.
EMT 171 Patient Management
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: EMT 170
This is a continuation of Medical Situations. Topics to be covered will
EMT 172 Trauma Emergencies
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: EMT 170
Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support concepts to the Standards of the American College of Surgeons will be presented. This section will allow the student to integrate pathophysiological trauma principles and assessment findings into an ability to formulate a general field impression and implement a patient treatment plan. Topics include trauma systems, mechanism of injury, hemorrhage, shock, soft tissue trauma, burns, head and facial trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma, and musculoskeletal trauma.
EMT 173 Clinical Experience II
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
A continuation of EMT 165. Major emphasis includes the addition of coronary care, intensive care, and psychiatric units.
EMT 180 EMS Clinical Experience III
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
A continuation of EMT 165 and 173. Minimum competencies are required for successful completion.
EMT 181 Internship
Credit Hrs: 3 Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic Program
Co-Req: None
Summative evaluation of experience from classroom and clinical settings within pre-hospital Advanced Life Support Units will be gained. This experience must be conducted under the direction of a licensed EMT-Paramedic or a course instructor. Under supervision, the student will be exposed to injuries and illnesses and will participate in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient while working in an environment approximating that found upon graduation. The intern will progress from observer, through team member, to a leadership role as a pre-hospital provider as part of the summative evaluation. Minimum competencies are required for successful completion.
EMT 2300 Critical Care Paramendic I
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Currently licensed EMT-Paramedic w/ 2 yrs. of ALS and current verification of BLS, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS or BTLS.
Co-Req: None
The Critical Care Paramedic course is designed to increase the scope of practice of the Tennessee EMT-Paramedic as designed by the Tennessee EMS Board. Course topics will include medical legal issues, critical care interventions for human systems, development of treatment plans, and management of critical care patients. This course must be successfully completed in order to progress to the second part of the program. A clinical component is required.
EMT 2301 Critical Care Paramedic II
Credit Hrs: 4 Pre-Req: Currently licensed EMT-Paramedic w/ 2 yrs. of ALS and current verification of BLS, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS or BTLS. Successful completion of EMT 2300.
Co-Req: None
The Critical Care Paramedic course is designed to increase the scope of practice of the Tennessee EMT-Paramedic as designed by the Tennessee EMS Board. This course is a continuation of EMT 300. Course topics will include critical care interventions for human systems, development of treatment plans, management of critical care patients, management of pediatric patients, and transport plans for critical care patients. Meeting competency requirements will be required. This course must be successfully completed in order to progress to state board testing. A clinical component is required.