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Basic Information
The semester-long course is
offered by HPER (School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) for
four credits. It consists
of two components which must be taken simultaeously:
HPER-H401 (new window), a
three-credit book oriented lecture on Monday nights, and
HPER-H404
(new window), a one-credit, two-hour
practical skills lab on Fridays. The labs are
available at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
While the lecture location and time may vary between semesters, the lab is always held in HPER-016 (and
also utilizes HPER-017 and HPER-021) at the
times listed above.
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Course Requirements
The only requirement for
registering for the course is to possess current professional CPR
certification
(called
Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association or
Professional
Rescuer from the
American Red Cross). In order to
successfully complete the course, students must also meet the following
five requirements:
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Achieve a minimum score on all written and
practical skills examinations.
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Successfully complete three online courses (see
below).
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Complete eight hours of clinical
training on an ambulance.
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Complete eight hours of clinical
training in an emergency department.
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Establish eight total patient
contacts from all clinical training.
Instructors
Both the lecture and the lab is instructed by the
course's primary instructor,
Arch Tinsley
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several assistant instructors help in the lab
sections. These assistant instructors are hired from the
Bloomington Ivy Tech college, are EMTs in IU-EMS, or are former students who have successfully
completed
the course. The course also has an
administrative assistant and clinical coordinator,
Mary
Winburn.
Arch Tinsley
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E-Mail Arch
Textbook
The textbook for the course is
Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition.
This book can be purchased at the
IU Bookstore
(new window), the TIS
Bookstore (new window), or online
from
EMTB.com (new window),
Amazon (new window), or
Barnes & Noble (new window). Note that the
Bloomington Barnes & Noble and Borders
bookstores does not carry this book in print. A DVD is included
with the book that contains video
demonstrations of all of the practical skills in the course.
Course Textbook
Practical Skills DVD
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The textbook includes the following learning
tools:
The American Heart Association
updated its CPR guidelines and 2006, outdating those printed in this
textbook. Download updated textbook
sections, with a list of changes, from this
webpage (new window).
The textbook also has a fully-featured
companion website (see below).
Finally, students who do not wish to
keep their textbooks and other learning
materials (practical skills DVD, workbooks, review manuals, etc.) can
donate them to IU-EMS. Visit the
resources page for
more information.
Online
Courses
Students are required to complete
the following four free online courses in order to successfully
complete
the EMT-Basic course (all links open in a new
window):
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FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Incident Command Course
IS-100
Introduction to the Incident Command System
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FEMA
Incident Command Course
IS-700 Introduction to the National Incident Command System
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Domestic Preparedness Campus Hazardous Materials
and Terrorism Awareness Course
WMD
002 Basic Concepts
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Domestic Preparedness Campus Hazardous Materials
and Terrorism Awareness Course
WMD
005 EMS Providers
Clinical Training
Students are required to complete
eight hours of clinical training on an ambulance and eight hours in an
emergency department. While many students
choose to complete their clinical training in or near their
Indiana hometown, most students prefer to
accomplish this locally at Bloomington Hospital. If you wish to do
this, you must visit the hospital's
clinical student page (new window), which provides links to
mandatory
orientation material and forms, as well as
helpful information such as FAQ (frequently asked questions),
parking information, and hospital maps.
Students must complete the appropriate paperwork with the course
instructor prior to attending one of the below
clinical training opportunities. The instructor will record the
schedule of all students' clinical training.
Students must not call Bloomington
Hospital to schedule their
clinical training. Bloomington Hospital
has assigned the following times for students in the IU EMT-Basic
course to complete their clinical training:
Emergency
Department
Tuesday-Saturday during one of the
following shifts:
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7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
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11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Ambulance
Practical
Skills Lab
Visit the
EMT-Basic practical skills
page for copies of the practical skill sheets as well as helpful tips on
successfully practicing and completing
the skills.
PowerPoint Presentations
The PowerPoint presentations for each
chapter can be downloaded using the following links:
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