Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services
| Cost: $150 |
Discount: N/A |
Offsite Special: N/A |
Renewal: N/A |
| Total Hours: 12 |
Total Days: 2 |
Total Weeks: 0 |
Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm |
| College Credits: 0 |
Credit Hours: 0 |
Days: See Calendar
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Offered: Request only |
| Class Size: 4 – 30 |
Card or Certificate Awarded: “GEMS” Certificate
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Prerequisite:
Non-expired HCP Card & Non-expired EMT-B Certificate.
Course Description:
The Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services program is a 12-hour course designed to enable EMS providers to better asses and deliver state of the art care to the elderly. Topics covered in this course include: Physiological and psychosocial aspects of aging, Geriatric pharmacology, communication, assessment, trauma, musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries, cardiovascular emergencies, neurological and psychiatric emergencies, toxicology, abuse, neglect, dying and death.
Materials Needed for Class:
Mandatory “Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services 1st Edition” Text - $58.00 (978-0763720865)
Bring a pen or pencil, a note pad, and a lunch (if needed).
Additional Information:
The portion of the aged in society today is greater than ever before and growing faster than any other segment of the population. Approx. 34% of all calls for emergency medical service, or 3.4 million emergency responses involve patients over the age of 60.
The hours for this course are counted as continuing education hours for your EMT license renewal. Other EMT continuing education courses are: ABLS, AMLS, NALS, & PEPP.
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