Advanced Life Support Continuing Education

• Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)
• For more information and a list of books, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions.
• Please use the Public Safety registration form.

Body Modification for the EMS Provider

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This course is provided as an online introduction to the interventional management of extreme body modification. The student will understand the underground culture behind body modification and complications and management of those patients with body modification procedures. Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65

Childhood Emergencies

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This course is designed to provide prehospital education on challenged patients and the care necessary when encountering this special population.  Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65

Congenital Cardiac Defects

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This online course will discuss the various congenital heart defects including presentation, field management, and definitive treatment. Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65

ECG - The Basic Rhythms

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This course will review the basic 3 lead Electrocardiograph (ECG). Topics will include the ECG itself, review the graph paper, rhythm recognition and the normal conduction of the heart. ECG strips covered will include: Normal Sinus Rhythm, Bradycardia, Tachycardia, Junctional Rhythms, Ventricular Rhythms, and Heart Blocks, and Asystole.  Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 9 hours. $65

This is a great way to prepare for advanced courses in EMS!

Gang Awareness

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

The presence of gangs in the prehospital environment is prevalent among America’s responders. Students will read research into gang activity and have an interactive lecture that outlines nationwide gang statistics, phases of gang crime and individual member involvement, as well as review the most prominent local and nationwide gangs. Students will be exposed to individual gang criteria and information and will go over how to manage the scene in the presence of gang activity. Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65

Hybrid - EMT to Advanced EMT (Intermediate) Initial Provider

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

Prerequisites:

• Education Requirements;
• Vaccination and medical exam requirement; and
• Completion of a Certified Background (www.certifiedbackground.com) DU14AEMT account.

This course follows the North Carolina curriculum and bridges the Emergency Medical Technician to Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate. Includes some Saturday and Sunday sessions which meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m and additional scheduled clinical and field experience hours. Registration is $175 unless exempt (must provide proof of affiliation). No exemptions are allowed for the additional $100 supply fee, $80 FISDAP fee, $25 uniform shirt fee, $17.35 insurance fee, and $4 CAPS fee. Registration and books are required prior to the beginning of the course.

For more information and a list of books, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 306 hours. $401.35

Quality Assurance and Improvement

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This course is designed to review the basic management for the implementation of quality assurance assistance programs in EMS.  The basic or advanced life support provider will review how these programs are initiated and integrated in EMS from a management perspective.  Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65

Toxicology, Psychiatry, and Stroke

Registration fee exempt for qualified participants (must provide proof of affiliation)

This online course will discuss topics related to altered mental status and altered brain function.  Students will learn about patient assessment and treatment related to toxicology, psychology, herbal treatment uses, stroke, and documentation of these occurrences. Preregistration is mandatory. For more information, visit EMT Frequently Asked Questions. 3 hours. $65