NKEMS Health and Safety Training

FIRST RESPONDER

The First Responder course is designed to provide basic emergency care knowledge and skills to the student who will provide the first emergency care. The objective of the first person on the scene is to recognize the needs of the patient, minimizing discomfort, and prevent further complications. Essentially, this course is a scaled-down EMT course; and we will gear it toward the industrial setting. (40 hour course)

General topics included in the course are as follows:

  • Introducing the EMS system
  • The well being of the First Responder
  • Legal and ethical issues
  • The human body
  • Lifting and moving patients
  • Airway management
  • Patient assessment
  • CPR
  • Medical emergencies
  • Bleeding and soft tissue injuries
  • Muscle and bone injuries
  • Childbirth
  • Infants and children

 
Northern Kentucky Emergency Medical Services
PO Box 228 · Ft. Thomas, KY 41075
(859) 572-4511 · fax (859) 572-4514
training@nkems.org