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Kines 304 – CPR and First Aid Instructor
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park
Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Current AHA Healthcare Provider CPR, Kines 303 or
403, or equivalents
Description: This course is designed to provide the student with
the knowledge and skills to teach others how to properly perform
the basic life support and first aid techniques recommended by
the American Heart Association. Students that successfully complete
this program will receive AHA CPR and First Aid Instructor certification.
Lab fee: $150 (includes mandatory books, manuals and certification
costs)
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Kines 398X – Wilderness Medicine
(3 credits)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Open
Prerequisite: Current CPR (one and two person, pediatric, and
adult with AED)
Description: This course is designed to provide the student with
entry knowledge and skills to effectively manage emergencies in
remote locations where access to medical facilities is delayed
at best.
Lab fee: $60
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Kines 403 – EMT (4 credits)
More details about
the course (PDF)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Abbrev and Number: Kines 403
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: None: This corrects the erroneous information recorded
in the Blue Book
Description: This intensive yet rewarding course is designed to
provide the student the resources and education to the level of
Emergency Medical Technician Basic who serves as a vital link
in the chain of survival as an integral part of the health care
team. It is recognized that the majority of prehospital emergency
medical care will be provided by the EMT Basic. This course includes
all skills necessary for the individual to provide emergency medical
care at a basic life support level with an ambulance or other
specialized service and meets the criteria for entry to state
and national certification examinations.
Lab fee: $100
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Kines 404 – EMT Instructor
(2 credits)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Abbrev and Number: Kines 404
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, Pennsylvania EMT certification,
instructor permission
Description: This course is designed to provide the student who
is clinically competent in emergency care at the EMT basic level
with the instructional skills to deliver training effectively.
It focuses on instructional preparation, presentation and evaluation.
This program is a required suite of programs for state certification
as an EMT-Instructor.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – ALS Assistant Technology
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, instructor permission
Description: This course is intended to provide the EMT with the
background, knowledge and procedures to understand and function
effectively within an advanced life support (ALS) EMS system and
interface with ALS providers for the provision of competent patient
care.
Lab fee: $10
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Kines 498X – Introduction to Ambulance Service
Operations (1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
( UAS Personnel only)
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, instructor permission
Description: This course is intended to provide the new EMT with
the background, knowledge and procedures to understand and function
effectively within an EMS system and interface with other public
safety and health agencies for the provision of competent patient
care and injury prevention.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – Ambulance Service Operations
Practicum (1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
( UAS Personnel only)
Prerequisite: Introduction to Ambulance Service Operations, instructor
permission
Description: This course is intended to provide the new precepted
experiences to understand and function effectively within an EMS
system.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, instructor permission
Description: This course is designed to teach the fundamental
knowledge and skills necessary to recognize the mechanisms of
injury, assess, perform critical interventions, package and transport
the trauma patient to the trauma center in the best possible condition
in the minimum amount of time. Students that successfully complete
this program will receive certification as an Advanced or Basic
Level ITLS Instructor, dependent on their certification level,
by Pennsylvania ITLS.
Lab fee: $50
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Kines 498X – EMS Assistant Instructor
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, instructor permission
Description: This course is intended to present to the student
the knowledge, skills and aptitudes required to function as a
teaching assistant for EMS courses within the context of standard
curricula.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – EMS Teaching Practicum
(variable credits)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Kinesiology 403 and the
EMS Assistant Instructor course
Description: This course is intended to allow the student the
experience of a precepted teaching challenge in EMS training programs.
The student will experience the rewards of planning, preparing,
demonstrating and evaluating the knowledge, skills and aptitudes
learned in the EMS Assistant Instructor or EMT Instructor Course.
Upon completion the student should be able to teach any of the
curriculum packages in which they are clinically competent.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – EMS Colloquium
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: none
Description: A series of continuing education programs that focus
on mandated regulatory training.
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – EMS Seminar
(1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: none
Description: Continuing seminars which consist of a series of
individual lectures by faculty, students or outside speakers
Lab fee: none
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Kines 498X – EMT Field Practicum (1
credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403 (pre-requisite or co- requisite),
instructor permission
Description: This program is intended to provide the newly certified
EMT or end of course EMT student an opportunity to apply and build
upon their EMS systems knowledge to function effectively within
local, out of hospital care systems. The student will function
as an EMT in a controlled environment paired with a preceptor
through all aspects of the nine phases of an EMS call.
Lab fee: $40
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Kines 498X – Emergency Vehicle Operations
Practicum (VFIS) (1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Kinesiology 403, instructor permission
Description: Within the context of presenting a comprehensive
emergency vehicle driver training program, this course is designed
to present the necessary classroom, competency course training,
and testing for new and existing emergency vehicle drivers. The
program will verify proficiency in both the knowledge and understanding
of, as well as the practical application to, emergency vehicle
driving.
Lab fee: $15
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Kines 498X – Incident Command Systems for
EMS (NFA) (1 credit)
Dates and times: http://soc.our.psu.edu/soc/main_search.cfm
Continuing Education Location: University Park Campus (UP230)
Enrollment: Restricted by pre-registration
Prerequisite: Instructor permission
Description: This program is designed help first responders understand
the concepts and principles underlying the new National Incident
Management System (NIMS) and to begin incorporating NIMS into
their own planning and policies.
Lab fee: $15
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Certification Examinations:
Pennsylvania Department of Health EMT-Basic Practical
Certification Examinations
Proctor: Tim Nilson
Dates: Contact Seven Mountains EMS Council at 814.355.1474 or
http://www.smemsc.org
Enrollment: Penn State pre-registration required (Complete
the EMS Course Registration Form)
Prerequisite: Contact Seven Mountains EMS Council at 814.355.1474
or
http://www.smemsc.org
Pennsylvania Department of Health Written Certification
Examinations
Proctor: Tim Nilson
Dates: Contact Seven Mountains EMS Council at 814.355.1474 or
http://www.smemsc.org
Enrollment: open
Prerequisite: Contact Seven Mountains EMS Council at 814.355.1474
or
http://www.smemsc.org
National Registry EMT-Basic Written Examination
Proctor: Bryan Hand
Dates: Contact the National Registry at 614.888.4484 or
http://www.nremt.org/EMTServices/candidate_locate_exam.asp?secID=1
Enrollment: Penn State pre-registration required (Complete
the EMS Course Registration Form)
Prerequisite: Contact the National Registry at 614.888.4484 or
http://www.nremt.org/EMTServices/reg_basic_history.asp
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Non-credit Continuing Education Course Notice
Penn State EMS Continuing Education Notice
To more efficiently disseminate information and
reduce the burden of course announcements, courses offered through
Penn State University available for Department of Health (DOH)
Continuing Education (CE) credits will no longer be faxed and
mailed out to all interested individuals or entities. The DOH
has implemented a web site specifically targeted to EMS personnel
and entities https://app1.health.state.pa.us/emso/
We encourage every certified provider to register
on this site to access its resources. Should you wish to search
for only programs offered through Penn State our Sponsor Number
is 200007 and this can be entered in after clicking More Search
Criteria. After your search has produced its results additional
information may be obtained by clicking on the highlighted Continuing
Education Class Number (Con Ed Class #). Questions or problems
with the site, registration or information contained therein should
be directed to your regional EMS council.
We will continue to target specific populations with an interest
in specific programming unless they request to opt out. For example:
EVOC programs will continue to be advertised to local public safety
entities as it is both a DOH CE program and also specifically
applies to the non-medical emergency response community and not
all these personnel have access to DOH resources.
Another useful on-line resource available to Pennsylvania
EMS providers, free of charge, is the Learning Management System
(LMS). Please contact your regional EMS council to be added to
this resource that, among other items, will allow you to take
on-line CME programs for recertification.
You may want to visit the DOH website www.health.state.pa.us
as there is an abundance of Pennsylvania specific health related
information available. Specifically, the EMS Office’s website
www.health.state.pa.us/ems
offers links to the LMS, new BLS Protocols, EMS Information Bulletins,
your regional councils and more.
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