EMT Courses Atlantic Health Training Center

Overview

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) – Initial Certification

This course is designed to instruct a student to the level of EMT-Basic, who serves as a vital link in the chain of the health care team. It is recognized that the majority of prehospital emergency medical care will be provided by the EMT-Basic. This course includes all skills necessary for the individual to provide emergency medical care at a basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized service. One day of CPR has been incorporated into each EMT-Basic class for students that are unable to get CPR prior to the start of class.

This is a rigorous program of classroom instruction, practical skills, evaluations, and homework assignments. The student must also complete 10 hours of clinical skills in a hospital emergency room. In order to successfully complete this course and in order to take the NJ State Certifying Examination, the student must obtain a grade of 70% on all tests. All absences must be made-up prior to taking the state exam.

Please check Atlantic Training Center’s website for EMT Initial Certification course schedules and dates as schedules and dates may change. Click on “Education” for course schedule changes.

EMS Safety in the Streets

The course increases the practitioner’s awareness and understanding of EMS safety standards and practices and develops their ability to effectively implement them.  EMS Safety is the first national and most comprehensive education program of its kind that teaches techniques on how to best achieve safety on the job.

The curriculum covers crew resource management, emergency vehicle safety, responsibilities in scene operations, patient handling, patient practitioner and bystander safety, and personal health.  It offers an overview of current issues surrounding safety in EMS, presents and discusses case studies, builds risk assessment and decision-making skills and provides an opportunity for participants to relate their own experiences with EMS safety issues.

Registration for this course is through Atlantic Training Center
Telephone – (908) 522-2323 (Listen to Prompts)

Core Refresher

24.0 Core Continuing Education Credits

This course is designed to represent the core refresher knowledge and skills required for the EMT/EMT-B to recertify in NJ.

In 2012 the State of New Jersey made changes to the EMT program including the refresher programs. The old Core 13 has now been replaced with three separate Core Refresher programs, Core Refresher A-Airway, Core Refresher B-Medical, and Core Refresher C-Trauma.

The courses may be taken in any order and need to be completed prior to your expiration date along with your 24 elective CEU’s to recertify. If you are an expired EMT and would like to reactivate your certification or a RN looking to obtain your EMT certification, you must complete all three Core Refreshers and challenge the state EMT exam.

This program includes classroom instruction, and practical skills. In order to successfully complete this course, the student must attend all sessions, plus obtain a score of at least 70% on the final evaluation, and successfully pass the skills station.

International Training Life Support

16.0 Continuing Education Credits

ITLS is accepted internationally as the standard training course for pre-hospital trauma care.  It is used as a state-of-the-art continuing education course – and as an essential curriculum in many paramedic, EMT and first responder training programs.  ITLS courses combine classroom learning and hand-on skill stations.  Scenario assessment stations enable you to put your learning to work in simulated trauma situations.  ITLS courses are designed, managed and delivered by course directors, coordinators and instructors experienced in EMS, pre-hospital care and the ITLS approach.

All courses 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Registration for this course is through Atlantic Training Center
Telephone – (908) 522-2323 (Listen to Prompts)

Prehospital Trauma Life Support – PHTLS

16.0 Continuing Education Credits

This two day course is designed to provide the practicing prehospital provider with a specific body of knowledge related to the prehospital assessment and care of the trauma patient.  It is stressed that this is a continuing education program and contains information that may be of a review nature for some or all participants.  The uniqueness of this program rests not with an entirely new body of knowledge, but instead with advances in prehospital trauma intervention techniques along with new combinations and applications of existing skills and knowledge.

This is a demanding program of classroom instruction and practical skills.  Students will be expected to go outdoors.  In order to successfully complete this course, the student must obtain a score of 75% or better on the final examination.

Conducted by the National Association of EMT’s and Atlantic Ambulance Training Center.

All courses 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

rough Atlantic Training Center
Telephone – (908) 522-2323 (Listen to Prompts)

GEMS (Geriatric Emergency Medical Services)

GEMS provides EMS practitioners at all levels with skill and knowledge to address the unique medical social, environmental and communications challenges of older adults. Developed by NAEMT, in partnership with the American Geriatrics Society, GEMS empowers EMS practitioners to help improve medical outcomes and quality of life for geriatric patients.

All courses 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR)

The All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) course teaches students how to respond to the many types of disaster scenarios they may encounter, including natural disasters and infrastructure failings, fires and radiological events, pandemics, active shooter incidents and other mass casualty events. AHDR educates participant on how to analyze potential threats in their area, assess available resources and create a response plan that will save lives.

All courses 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.