The Emergency Medical Technician- Basic course, as part of the Loyola University Health System’s Program for Pre-Hospital Medicine, is designed as a comprehensive introduction to the emergency medical services and the treatment of the sick and injured. In accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Standard Curriculum for the EMT-Basic, and the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Division of EMS and Highway Safety, the LUHS EMT-Basic program focuses on honing the knowledge, skills and abilities that will allow each student to properly assess and treat a wide variety of medical emergencies as EMTs in the pre-hospital setting. Cardiac arrest, respiratory emergencies, shock and bleeding, trauma, emergency childbirth, fracture splinting, wound care, and diabetic emergencies are some of the many situations that the LUHS EMT-Basic student will learn to respond to. Additional focus topics will include, scene and personal safety issues, ambulance operations, topographical anatomy, lifting and moving techniques, basic pharmacology, and street survival for the pre-hospital care provider. All of these topics are presented in an exciting and challenging format that will require students to be dedicated, motivated and enthusiastic about learning. Students should also be open to performing hands-on skills and working as a team. As medical professionals, and part of the healthcare continuum, LUHS EMT-Bs are trained and expected to perform their duties in a prompt, professional manner, and in such a way that will make them leaders in the Emergency Medical Services profession.

Classes meet in the Loyola EMS Classroom at Loyola University Medical Center.

Tuition is established on a yearly basis, and includes the cost of all books materials and testing.

For further information, please contact the Loyola EMS office
EMT-Basic Program Director
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 South 1^st Avenue
Building 110LL/ EMS Office
Maywood, IL 60153
(708) 327-2547

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