What is an EMT-B?
An EMT-B is a healthcare provider who has special skills and knowledge in emergency medical care and responds to cases of sudden illness and injury. An important trait for the EMT to exhibit is concern for the health and well-being of others.
An EMT-B is trained to provide emergency and non-emergency care to patients in the pre-hospital setting. An EMT-B must provide this care unsupervised, in a great variety of circumstances, and often under considerable physical and emotional stress. This requires special skills in communications, transportation, record keeping and personal safety.
EMT-B Course
The EMT-B is the basic level of the EMT education program. Student candidates must be at least 18 years of age, be a high school graduate or have a GED equivalent, and possess a Heartsaver CPR (infant, child, & adult–CPR/FBAO) Certification or equivalent.
Training consists of a 124-hour didactic course, 12 hours of Emergency Department observation as well as 60 hours of 3rd person ride-along.
All training at the EMS Training & Research Institute is provided in accordance with the EMT-B National Standard Curriculum and Illinois Department of Public Health curriculum guidelines.
Prerequisites:
Please note: American Heart Association CPR classes are available through the EMS Training and Research Institute.
Topics of instruction will include:
Licensure
Upon successful completion of the course, students may challenge the Illinois Department of Public Health test or the National Registry test. Licensure is granted by the Illinois Department of Public Health for satisfactory scores on either test.
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