SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS

• Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
• Well-Being of the EMT
• Lifting and Moving Patients
• Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Principles of Pathophysiology
• Life Span Development

SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION

• Airway Management
• Respiration and Artificial Ventilation

SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT

• Scene Size-Up
• Primary Assessment
• Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
• Principles of Assessment
• Secondary Assessment
• Reassessment
• Communication and Documentation

SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

• General Pharmacology
• Respiratory Emergencies
• Cardiac Emergencies
• Resuscitation
• Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
• Allergic Reaction
• Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
• Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
• Abdominal Emergencies
• Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
• Hematologic and Renal Emergencies

SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES

• Bleeding and Shock
• Soft-Tissue Trauma
• Chest and Abdominal Trauma
• Musculoskeletal Trauma
• Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
• Multisystem Trauma
• Environmental Emergencies

SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS

• Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
• Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges

SECTION 7: OPERATIONS

• EMS Operations
• Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
• Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
• EMS Response to Terrorism