Emergengy Medical Services (EMS)

Program Description:
An Emergency Medical Services (EMS) practitioner performs entry- and advanced-level emergency care as it relates to assessment, treatment management and ongoing evaluation of the critically ill and injured patients.
Specifically, the practitioner provides on-site medical care to emergency victims and transports them to area hospitals. The practitioner must be emotionally stable and able to work under stress in life-threatenting situations; have the resource fulness to respond quickly in demanding conditions; and often must make evaluations based on sensory information. Since the work is physically
strenuous, the individual must be able to lift and carry heavy weights and possess manual dexterity.
A person entering this field tends toward activities of a humanitarian nature and prefers working directly with people.