Aim
The Advanced Emergency Medical Technician course provides additional knowledge and skills to experienced Emergency Medical Technicians in specific aspects of advanced life support, medical and trauma care.
Entry Criteria
You must be able to show, as a minimum, evidence of training undertaken at EMT or equivalent standard, & held for a minimum of 1 year.
Course Overview
This course provides advanced knowledge & skills in the assessment & management of medical & trauma emergencies in the pre-hospital environment.
Course Content
- Preparing to be an Advanced EMT
- Pharmacology, drug administration and intravenous therapy
- Advanced airway management
- System based patient assessment
- Medical emergencies
- Trauma emergencies
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Paediatric advanced life support
- Paediatric emergencies
- Geriatric emergencies
- EMS operations
Certification
To remain registered and qualified at this grade, attendance at our annual four day annual recertification course, which includes a CPR/AED update, is required together with evidence of at least 36 hours of on-going EMS related CPD. AREMT registration can be applied for on completion of the course.
Duration
Students undertake a minimum of 280 hours of supported pre-course study followed by attendance for a further 120 hours/3 weeks of classroom based training consisting of scenario based practical skills and evaluations.
