Emergency Medical Technology - Bellingham Technical College

Emergency Medical Technology from Bellingham Technical College is a Campus Associate Medical Emergency degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The EMT-Paramedic program is designed to meet the demand of emergency medical services with advanced life support skills, primarily in the area designated by the Department of Health as the North Region. This is an exciting career opportunity that will prepare men and women to function as an integral part of the emergency services team of healthcare practitioners, providing immediate advanced life support care to the patient in a pre-hospital setting. The EMT-P is under the supervision of the designated Medical Program Director and specific county advanced life support protocols The program prepares students to develop expertise in the theory and application of advanced life support and combines knowledge of human anatomy, pharmacology, airway/respiratory management, cardiology, various medical emergencies, trauma, psychology and sociology. Additionally, the program prepares competent entry-level EMT-Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. Students learn how to implement various advanced life support techniques in a pre-hospital setting under the guidance of a physician. Students will spend a significant portion of the training program in clinical and field practice, coordinated by the instructor. Clinical practice will take place mainly in regional hospitals in the OR, ED, and other various specialized areas. Field sites will be in areas as allowed by other ALS Provider agencies and as close to their home response area as possible. Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to clinical and field sites. Graduates will demonstrate field competency in emergency response in the pre-hospital setting with basic and advanced life support skills, communication skills, and personal/professional responsibility as a member of an emergency response team, EMT-Paramedic knowledge and critical thinking. Graduates will demonstrate entry level competence on the National Registry Exam for EMT-Paramedics (NREMTP). View more details on Bellingham Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Medical Emergency courses.