Medical Emergencies: Airway, Breathing, and Circulation

This course is part of Become an EMT Specialization

Instructors: Angela Wright, MD +3 more

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Skills you'll gain

  •   Pharmacology
  •   Emergency Medicine
  •   Emergency Medical Services
  •   Acute Care
  •   Medical Emergency
  •   Patient Evaluation
  •   Vital Signs
  •   Life Support
  •   Respiratory Care
  •   Anatomy
  •   Respiration
  •   Medication Administration
  •   Treatment Planning
  •   Patient Positioning
  •   Pulmonology
  •   Cardiology
  •   Health Assessment
  •   Patient Treatment
  •   Neurology
  • There are 5 modules in this course

    In this course, you will develop the knowledge and skills to assess and stabilize certain types of patients for transport. By the end of this course, you will be able to: 1) assess a basic medical patient 2) describe general pharmacologic principles and the skills associated with medication administration, 3) explain airway physiology, the assessment of the airway and available interventions for airway management, 4) identify, assess and formulate a plan to stabilize a patient with a respiratory emergency for transport, and 5) identify, assess and formulate a plan to stabilize a patient with a cardiovascular emergency for transport. 6) describe the most common neurologic and endocrine emergencies and what you can do for them as an EMT.

    Airway and Breathing

    Respiratory Emergencies

    Cardiovascular Emergencies

    Neurological Emergencies

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