Become an EMT
Health care is an intriguing and rapidly expanding field that can lead you on a variety of paths. The principles you learn here about emergency patient care, stabilization, and disease processes will help you become an EMT or pursue other healthcare careers. You will study how to care for stable and unstable patients before they arrive at a hospital, and how to recognize time-sensitive diseases and medical and traumatic problems that impact both adults and children in this specialization.
Course 1 guarantees that you can assess a situation and prepare to deliver care, as well as that you understand the framework for patient evaluation, the history of emergency medical services, and the personal qualifications for becoming an EMT. Course 2 covers airway, breathing, and circulation, as well as the drugs and medication administration that EMTs are permitted to offer, as well how to recognize a patient suffering from a stroke or diabetic crisis. Course 3 covers high-performance cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), toxicology, and wilderness emergency medicine. Course 4 focuses on trauma skills, while Course 5 focuses on pregnancy, newborns, and pediatrics.
Throughout the specialization, essential abilities are demonstrated. Finally, in the Capstone, apply the course concepts to real-life patient scenarios to help you prepare for national registry testing.
This course offers:
- Level: beginner level
- Duration: 7 months (3 hours/week)
- Rate: 4.8
- Language: English, Arabic, French, Portuguese (Europe), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Spanish
- Link: coursera.org/specializations/become-an-emt
