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Department of Social and Health Services specifies the levels of knowledge
and skills required to qualify as an Emergency Medical Technician. In addition,
a number of policies have been adopted by the faculty and administration at
North Seattle Community College to maintain accreditation with the Office of
Emergency Medical Services for King County, and State Office of Emergency
Medical Services in Olympia, and to fulfill the needs of the program graduates
and employers.
Meeting times and locations are available from the online schedule. Be sure to check the correct quarter.
An optional orientation meeting is scheduled prior to the entrance examination (the pretest).
Please contact the Health-Medical division
 206-527-3790 for information
about the next orientation.
Course Outcomes/ Learning Objectives
At the student's successful completion of this course, he or she will be
eligible to be state certified as an EMT
(when he/she meet the state requirement of affiliation). All students passing
the course will receive a certificate of completion from NSCC.
- Overall roles and responsibilities of the
EMT in performing both
emergency medical care and operational aspects of the job.
- Develop skills in patient evaluation and all emergency treatment procedures
as required by Washington State Laws.
- Meet the minimum standards of state law and local county guidelines.
- Develop student skill in the use and maintenance of all equipment and
instruments required to accomplish the job as an
EMT.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology and
of sudden illness or injury; and of the mechanics of injury for patient
evaluation for the sick and injured.
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