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  • 1SENEAHEC_225x129Learn how to save a life. Help your community, fellow neighbors and friends. Emergency Medical Service courses will teach you how to render care for people experiencing medical emergencies, as well as how to give care to people who have been injured. Levels of training include Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic.

    EMT and Paramedic courses are scheduled regularly on the SCC Lincoln campus located at 8800 O St. EMT and EMR courses also may be held at our many SCC Learning Centers and other locations, based upon the needs of the community. These courses are all offered in daytime, evening and online formats.

    All EMS courses offered by SCC meet the National EMS Education Standards, National Standards Curriculum and will prepare the student to test for the National Registry of EMT certification.

  • Our rotating course offerings include:

    * Designates upcoming class dates listed

  • 1SENEAHEC_225x129This course will equip EMTs to perform a thorough patient assessment, recognize a need for IV fluids and develop a treatment plan to successfully implement and administer appropriate IV therapies.

    Course Offerings

    1SENEAHEC_225x129This refresher course meets the NCCP Model national requirements for NREMT Paramedic Renewal. All classes listed below needed for Paramedic Refresher renewal.

    • Airway, Respirations & Ventilation (3.5 hours)
    • Trauma (3 hours)
    • Cardiovascular (8.5 hours)
    • Medical (8.5 hours)
    • Operations (6.5 hours)

    $359
    Course Number: EMTL-3040
    Online Registration Keyword: Paramedic

    Course Offerings

    1SENEAHEC_225x129The EMT Refresher meets the National Registry and state requirements for renewal. This 20-hour course can be taken for National Registration Renewal and/or CEUs can be given.

    $249
    Course Number: EMTL-3333
    Online Registration Keyword: EMT

    Course Offerings

    Nov. 1-27, 2023
    Mondays & Wednesdays
    6-10 p.m.
    Jack J. Huck Continuing Education Center, Room 109A
    301 S. 68th St. Place, Lincoln, NE
    CEUs: 2.0
    Instructor: Caldwell
    Cost: $249
    Course Number: EMTL-3333-CEFA
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    1SENEAHEC_225x129This mini-conference will update the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) provider with data-driven changes in patient care as well as addressing culture shift in Rural EMS & Fire.

    7.5 hours
    $30
    Course Numbers: EMTL-3260
    Online Registration Keyword: EMS

    Course Offerings

    Aug. 19, 2023
    Saturday
    8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
    Location: Stastny Community Center
    1350 Dove Road, Hebron, NE
    CEUs: .75
    Cost: $30
    Course Number: EMTL-3260-OCUA
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    Dec. 2, 2023
    Saturday
    8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Location: TBA
    CEUs: .75
    Cost: $30
    Course Number: EMTL-3260-__FA
    Registration will begin soon.

    4 hours
    $45
    Course Number: EMTL-3032
    Online Registration Keyword: Airway

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

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    3 hours
    $35
    Course Number: EMTL-3258
    Online Registration Keyword: Albuterol

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

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    1.5 hours
    $25
    Course Number: EMTL-3259
    Online Registration Keyword: Glucometer

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

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    Students will participate in a hands-on scenario-based learning by performing assessments and treating simulated trauma patients, followed by a brief debriefing on the pathophysiology of the patient’s condition.

    1 day • 4 hours
    $45
    Course Number: EMTL-3023
    Online Registration Keyword: EMT

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

    Students will participate in a hands-on scenario-based learning by performing assessments and treating simulated medical patients, followed by a brief debriefing on the pathophysiology of the patient’s condition.

    1 day • 4 hours
    $39
    Course Number: EMTL-3022
    Online Registration Keyword: EMT

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

    Students will learn how to do an initial assessment on a patient who is in need of emergency help. This will include measuring their vital signs and communicating with dispatchers, law enforcement and other health care providers. They provide life-saving interventions while awaiting additional EMS response and assist at the scene and during transport.

    We also offer additional skill courses for EMRs.

    • Medication administration of aspirin and epinephrine by auto injector
    • Application of spinal and extremity immobilization devices
    • Patient transport devices and patient transport

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

    EMTs are the foundation of pre-hospital emergency medical care. For medical emergencies, they provide rapid response, initial evaluation and care, and transport to an appropriate medical facility. They also provide transport between facilities for people who are bedridden and/or require continuous monitoring and care.

    EMT courses are held each quarter on the SCC Lincoln campus located at 8800 O St. Courses also may be held at our many SCC Learning Centers and other locations, based upon the needs of the community. These courses are all offered in daytime, evening and online formats.

    EMT Additional Skill Courses

    • Non-visualized advanced airway management
    • Impedance threshold device
    • Intravenous fluid monitoring only
    • Peripheral intravenous access and monitoring intravenous fluids
    • Medication administration of albuterol by nebulizer and epinephrine by auto injector
    • Assessment utilizing glucometer
    • Emergency Medical Responder
    • Emergency Medical Technician
    • Paramedic

     

    Trains licensed out-of-hospital emergency care providers to become licensed Emergency Medical Services Instructors.

    Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to develop a topic for presentation using proven educational methods and tools.

    Required book is available at the SCC Campus Store, 8800 O St. or purchase online at www.sccbookstore.com.

    All applicants for an initial emergency medical services instructor must hold a current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician certification at or above the level being instructed. An applicant that is currently licensed as a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, doctor of medicine, or doctor of osteopathy is deemed to have met this requirement and must submit a copy of their current and unrestricted license are exempt from having National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician certification.

    If you are interested in this training, contact Jennifer Keitges at jkeitges@southeast.edu or 402‑437‑2706 for more information.

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    Here’s a great opportunity for your volunteer department! Gather your members together for a two-hour monthly training over 10 months while satisfying all NREMT required topics and continuing education hours.

    Attending all sessions will complete the National NREMT and Nebraska requirements to renew the EMT certification/license. Registrations will need to be submitted by the EMS captain or training coordinator to receive certificates for hours.

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  • More Information

    For EMT and EMR course information, please contact Cherri Fuehring at 402-437-2882; 800-642-4075, ext. 2882; or clynch-fuehring@southeast.edu.

    For Paramedic course information, please contact Jill Sand at 402-437-2729; 800-642-4075, ext. 2729; or jsand@southeast.edu.

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