Course Title: Wilderness EMT
Title Abbreviation: WILDERNESS EMT
Department: FIRE
Course #: 246
Credits: 3
Variable: No
IUs: 3.5
CIP: 430203
EPC: 828
REV: 2018
Course Description
For EMTs who need to acquire wilderness emergency medical skills and knowledge to be certified as Wilderness EMTs. Learn to provide patient care using improvised equipment.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: FIRE 242 or EMT-B certification.
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 22
Lab: 22
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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