Advanced EMT Course

Lesson 1 • Medical-Legal Foundations

Covers consent, refusal, negligence, and documentation liability. Provides the legal reasoning needed for every patient interaction.

Lesson 2 • Professional Accountability

Addresses certification maintenance, continuing education requirements, and peer accountability. Links professionalism to patient safety outcomes.

Lesson 3 • Ethics in Prehospital Care

Applies ethical principles—beneficence, autonomy, justice—to field dilemmas. Prepares students to resolve conflicts between patient wishes and clinical need.

Lesson 1 • Reassessment and Trending

Establishes intervals and triggers for reassessment during transport. Trending vital signs and mental status guides treatment adjustments en route.

Lesson 2 • Secondary Physical Examination

Teaches head-to-toe and focused physical exams with auscultation, palpation, and percussion. Findings integrate with history to form a field impression.

Lesson 3 • Scene Size-Up and Safety

Trains rapid environmental threat recognition and resource determination before patient contact. Establishes the safety-first mindset underlying all assessments.

Lesson 4 • History Taking and SAMPLE

Develops structured patient history skills using SAMPLE, OPQRST, and pertinent negatives. Accurate histories narrow differential diagnoses in the field.

Lesson 1 • Airway Anatomy and Physiology

Reviews upper and lower airway structures and gas exchange mechanics relevant to AEMT interventions. Anatomical knowledge underpins correct adjunct selection.

Lesson 2 • Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation

Develops one- and two-rescuer BVM technique with proper seal, rate, and tidal volume. Correct BVM use prevents gastric insufflation and ventilator-induced injury.

Lesson 3 • Basic and Intermediate Airway Adjuncts

Covers OPA, NPA, supraglottic airways, and King LT insertion with sizing and complication management. Builds the adjunct toolkit used in subsequent scenarios.

Lesson 4 • Suctioning and Secretion Management

Covers rigid and flexible suction catheter use, duration limits, and patient positioning. Effective suctioning maintains airway patency before and after adjunct placement.

Lesson 1 • Vascular Anatomy for Access

Identifies preferred peripheral IV sites and IO landmarks across age groups. Anatomical knowledge reduces failed attempts and complications.

Lesson 2 • Peripheral IV Catheter Insertion

Teaches aseptic technique, catheter selection, and troubleshooting for peripheral IV placement. Successful first-attempt rates improve with structured technique practice.

Lesson 3 • IV Fluid Selection and Administration

Differentiates isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic solutions and their clinical indications. Fluid choice and rate directly affect patient hemodynamic outcomes.

Lesson 4 • Intraosseous Access Techniques

Covers manual and powered IO device use at tibial, humeral, and sternal sites. IO access provides rapid vascular entry when IV attempts fail.

Lesson 1 • Pharmacology Fundamentals

Covers pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug interactions relevant to AEMT medications. Understanding drug behavior prevents adverse events in the field.

Lesson 2 • AEMT Formulary Overview

Reviews the standard AEMT drug formulary including analgesics, bronchodilators, and glucose agents. Each drug is linked to its indication, dose, and contraindications.

Lesson 3 • Routes of Administration

Trains IV push, IM, intranasal, sublingual, and nebulized routes with technique and onset profiles. Route selection affects drug onset and bioavailability.

Lesson 4 • Medication Math and Dosing

Develops weight-based and concentration-based dose calculations with unit conversions. Accurate math is a non-negotiable patient safety competency.

Lesson 1 • Neurological Emergencies

Trains stroke recognition using validated scales, seizure management, and altered mental status evaluation. Rapid identification enables time-sensitive hospital notification.

Lesson 2 • Toxicological Emergencies

Identifies toxidromes and applies AEMT interventions including naloxone and supportive care. Toxidrome recognition guides treatment before specific agent identification.

Lesson 3 • Cardiovascular Emergencies

Covers ACS recognition, 12-lead interpretation basics, and AEMT interventions for cardiac events. Early recognition and treatment reduce myocardial damage.

Lesson 4 • Respiratory Emergencies

Addresses asthma, COPD, pulmonary edema, and anaphylaxis with AEMT-level interventions. Differentiating causes guides correct bronchodilator and airway management.

Lesson 1 • Thoracic Trauma Management

Covers pneumothorax, hemothorax, flail chest, and cardiac tamponade recognition with AEMT interventions. Chest injuries rapidly compromise ventilation and circulation.

Lesson 2 • Hemorrhage Control Techniques

Trains tourniquet application, wound packing, and pressure dressings for life-threatening external bleeding. Effective hemorrhage control is the highest-priority trauma intervention.

Lesson 3 • Patient Packaging and Transport

Covers long backboard, scoop stretcher, and rapid extrication techniques with packaging for transport. Correct packaging prevents secondary injury during movement.

Lesson 4 • Musculoskeletal Trauma and Splinting

Teaches long bone fracture assessment, traction splinting, and joint injury management. Proper splinting reduces pain, blood loss, and neurovascular compromise.

Lesson 1 • Behavioral Health Emergencies

Trains de-escalation, safety assessment, and AEMT interventions for psychiatric and substance-related crises. Behavioral emergencies require verbal and physical safety strategies.

Lesson 2 • Geriatric Emergencies

Addresses atypical presentations, polypharmacy effects, and fall-related injuries common in older adults. Geriatric physiology alters normal vital sign and pain response patterns.

Lesson 3 • Pediatric Emergencies

Applies length-based weight estimation, pediatric vital sign norms, and age-appropriate interventions. Children require anatomically and physiologically adjusted assessment and treatment.

Lesson 4 • Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies

Covers normal delivery assistance, complications including eclampsia and prolapsed cord, and neonatal resuscitation. Obstetric emergencies involve two patients simultaneously.