Emergency medical services training levels: Difference between revisions
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| Emergency Medical Responder||First Responder||~60|| | | Emergency Medical Responder||First Responder||~60 hours|| | ||
*Basic first aid and airway management (including [[OPA]] and BVM) | *Basic first aid and airway management (including [[OPA]] and BVM) | ||
*AED use | *AED use | ||
*Epi-pen | *Epi-pen | ||
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| Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Basic||~150-200|| | | Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Basic||~150-200 hours|| | ||
*Basic first aid and airway management (including [[OPA]]/NPA and BVM) | *Basic first aid and airway management (including [[OPA]]/NPA and BVM) | ||
*Assist patients in taking home meds | *Assist patients in taking home meds | ||
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*Monitoring vitals | *Monitoring vitals | ||
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| Advanced Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Intermediate||~300-450|| | | Advanced Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Intermediate||~300-450 hours|| | ||
*Begin IVs/IOs | *Begin IVs/IOs | ||
*Limited IV medication administration | *Limited IV medication administration | ||
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*Airway management (including [[Supraglottic airway]] but NOT endotracheal tube) | *Airway management (including [[Supraglottic airway]] but NOT endotracheal tube) | ||
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| Paramedic||EMT - Paramedic||1000-2000|| | | Paramedic||EMT - Paramedic||1000-2000 hours|| | ||
*Begin IVs | *Begin IVs/IOs | ||
*IV medication administration | *IV medication administration | ||
*Cardiac monitoring and 12-lead ECG | *Cardiac monitoring and 12-lead ECG | ||
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*[[Transcutaneous pacing]] | *[[Transcutaneous pacing]] | ||
*Advanced Airway including endotracheal tube | *Advanced Airway including endotracheal tube | ||
*[[Needle cricothyrotomy]] | *[[Needle cricothyrotomy|Needle]]/[[Surgical cricothyrotomy]] | ||
*Needle Chest Decompression | *Needle Chest Decompression | ||
*Chest tube monitoring | *Chest tube monitoring | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 3 July 2017
| Current Name | Former Name | Training RequirementsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
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| Emergency Medical Responder | First Responder | ~60 hours |
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| Emergency Medical Technician | EMT - Basic | ~150-200 hours |
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| Advanced Emergency Medical Technician | EMT - Intermediate | ~300-450 hours |
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| Paramedic | EMT - Paramedic | 1000-2000 hours |
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