Course Title: Emergency Medical Responder
Title Abbreviation: EMERGENCY MED RESPONDER
Department: FIRE
Course #: 140
Credits: 5
Variable: No
IUs: 5
CIP: 430203
EPC: 828
REV: 2018
Course Description
Classroom instruction and practical field exercises to prepare students to take the Washington State 60-hour First Responder emergency medical certification test battery.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: Department chair approval.
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 55
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Vocational Supplementary Elective
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline. 2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline. 2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions.
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