JCCC offers progressively intensive options for learning the skills of emergency medical science. Each option prepares you for state certification examinations.

EMS First Responder Course: EMS first responder students receive classroom and skills training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), patient assessment, and fracture and airway management. The 5-credit-hour course is recommended for:

• people without a medical background who wish to enter the EMT program.
• anyone who wishes to learn basics of emergency medical care.
• firefighters, police officers, lifeguards and others from agencies involved in public safety.
• employees involved in company safety programs.

Students who successfully completing this course are allowed to sit for the certification examination administered by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services.

Emergency Medical Technician Course: This 9-credit-hour program is designed for individuals interested in providing medical care to patients in the pre-hospital setting. Approved by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services, it covers information and techniques currently considered to be the responsibility of the EMT, according to the United States Department of Transportation, National Standard Curriculum.

Classroom instruction includes anatomy, physiology, recognition and care of actual medical emergencies and trauma-related injuries. You'll learn to skills in performing CPR, bandaging, splinting, childbirth techniques and other emergency care procedures are taught. An extrication session gives you hands-on experience with auto accident situations and allows you to observe an air evacuation of a patient.

EMT practicum: The 3-credit-hour EMT practicum gives the EMT-B, those who have been recently certified or those with limited field experience the additional skills and confidence needed to successfully compete for a position as an EMT-B with an EMS service. This course also provided high-fidelity scenario training in all aspects of the EMS call, as well as extensive field lab time with a local EMS service. Students will become directly involved in their own training by leading and participating in realistic medical emergency scenarios with "actors" playing life-like patients and bystanders. Numerous field internship shifts on a licensed ambulance are also part of the training.

Mobile intensive care technician (paramedic) certificate: This advanced emergency medical care program consists of four courses, including a clinical rotation in a hospital setting and a field internship with an ambulance service. You learn emergency procedures such as cardiac monitoring and defibrillation and the administration of medications and IV fluids. JCCC's MICT program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP).

By taking another 17 to 18 credit hours in addition to those required for the MICT certificate, you can earn an associate of applied science degree in emergency medical science.

For additional information about the emergency medical science program at JCCC, contact Ray Wright, director, EMS, 913-469-8500, ext. 3172, or rwright@jccc.edu.