Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

Course Description:
This 72 hour course will provide entry level emergency training in several aspects of emergency medical care that an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) is permitted to provide throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This course will follow the current National Education Standards for the Emergency Medical Responder.

Completion Information:
To successfully complete the EMR course students must:
 

• Maintain a 70% or higher cumulative grade on written examinations.
• Obtain the required clearances as required by the PA Child Protective Services Law (CPSL).
• Obtain the required NIMS online education in ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800.
• Complete an approved Haz-Mat Awareness program.
• Create a profile in the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Upon successfully meeting the completion criteria, the student will be eligible to take the psychomotor and cognitive examinations as offered through the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Successful completion of the exams are not guaranteed.

Additional Information:
 

• Instructor to student ratio will be 1:24 for lecture sessions and 1:8 for all lab sessions
• This class requires time commitments outside of the regularly scheduled classroom hours
• Internet access is required for course activities outside of scheduled class hours and testing purposes
• An additional exam fee will be changed by PearsonVue testing sites for the cognitive examinations

Required Text(s):
 

• EMR Complete, second edition, Limmer & OKeefe, Pearson publishing
• Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider, American Heart Association
• EMS Platinum Testing, Pearson Publishing

If you have any questions please email us at ems.police@bc3.edu or visit our webpage at http://bc3.edu/programs-classes/public-safety-training/index.html