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EMSP 2332 Mass Disaster Response (3)
This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: (1) Current BCLS (CPR) certification at the Health Care Provider level by the American Heart Association or equivalent.
Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in co-requisite course EMSP 1501, OR current certification as an EMT-Basic or higher, OR current enrollment in a DOT approved EMT-Basic or higher course of studies.
Lectures and discussions that prepares EMS professionals for the first response to nuclear, biological, or chemical terrorist attack. Topics discussed are nuclear, biological, and chemical agents, their dissemination, triage, and treatment of mass casualty terrorist attacks.
Additional topics and interactive skills will further discuss and explore first-responses to multiple casualty incidents such as multi-victim vehicle crashes, structural collapses, and natural disasters. The use of the National Incident Management System will be incorporated via field trips and event simulation practices. (2 Lec., 2 Lab.)
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Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
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Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.
