Introduction to Emergency Medical Services Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Apply the anatomy and physiology of the following major body systems: repiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, nervous, and endocrine to situational pathophysiology of sick and injured
  2. Assess and identify adult, children, infants, and neonates in respiratory and cardiac inadequacies and perform the appropriate assistive treatments according to the American Heart Association Health Care Provider Standards
  3. Recognize the emotional, physical, and pathological hazards of teh EMT's working environment
  4. Identify, discuss, and define the medical legal conditions that apply to the EMT Basic working environment
  5. Describe the Emergency Medical Services Systems and differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the EMT from other pre-hospital care providers