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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Health Sciences Department
CERTIFICATE
The Emergency Medical Services Program is designed to provide instruction at the certificate and
associate degree level for the EMS professional. The program is based on the National EMS
Education Standard for the EMT, Advanced EMT and Paramedic. Upon successful completion of
the selected program, the student will be eligible to take the National Registry certification exam.
After passing the National Registry certification exam, the candidate will then be eligible to apply
with the Office of EMS & Trauma for licensure. Upon licensure, the EMS professional is allowed to
perform life-saving skills under medical direction as defined by his/her scope of practice.
ALL
students, irrespective of track, must be admitted to Darton before applying to the EMS
Program. Students must also take the University System of Georgia COMPASS Test.
Additional Requirements:
1.
Complete the EMS Program Student Application
2.
Copy of Driver’s license
3.
Copy of your high school diploma or GED equivalency certificate
4.
Letter of recommendation (optional, but may be taken into consideration during the
selection process)
i.e. Fire Chief, Supervisor, EMS Director, Paramedic, or other
healthcare professional
5.
Verification of EMS licensure. (Paramedic candidates only)
6.
Evaluation on an individual basis by the EMS faculty
7.
To comply with the requirements of cooperating clinical facilities, the Health Sciences
Department requires students to submit a completed immunization form and TB
screening form. This form must be completed before classes begin. Flu shots must be
deferred unitl October.
8.
All Heath Sciences students are required to have personal health insurance in order to
participate in the clinical practicum.
The Emergency Medical Technician, irrespective of level, is a caregiver with the responsibility of
providing life supporting assessments and interventions. Implied in this caregiving role are essential
job functions that require the EMT to demonstrate certain cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor
(skill), and affective (behavior) mastery. The performance of these job functions must be consistent
with the expectation that the EMT must place himself/herself, a fellow worker, or the patient in
jeopardy because of physical or mental disabilities.
To satisfactorily complete all levels of certification, the student must have developed the necessary
skills to become an entry level practitioner according to his/her level of training. The examples
below are not all inclusive and additional disabilities that prove to prevent the performance of
essential job functions may be considered on a case by case basis.
Visual Acuity
(with/without corrective vision) – Having the visual capacity to identify
life-threatening signs of physical distress through objective patient assessment, identify
details of a patient’s medications, and with accuracy draw solutions into a syringe when
required.
Auditory Acuity (
with/without aids) – Having the auditory capacity to accurately obtain
a subjective medical history and to complete a patient assessment using an aneroid
sphygmomanometer, stethoscope, and other equipment as necessary to detect sounds
including but not limited to breath and bowel.
Physical Ability
– Having the physical capacity to safely lift patients and equipment
weighting at least 180lbs. with a partner, and have the stamina to perform
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.