Course Information and Materials
Course Information
- All classes are held at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom.
- Course attendance is mandatory. You must pre-arrange with the instructor and EMS coordinator to make up any missed days. No more than 8 hours during entire quarter can be missed for any reason. Once 8 hours and one minute are missed, student will be dropped from course.
- Students must register for EMT series: EMT 210, EMT 211 and EMT 212. This will be done during mandatory EMT mandatory orientation.
- Successful completion of each course allows you to attend the next.
- Successful completion of EMS 210, 211, 212 prepares you for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification examination, which results in an National Registry EMT certificate. Once completed you may gain your Washington State EMT Certificate by working under an accredited agency.
Required Textbooks and Course Supplies
Be Ready for Orientation
Students are required to have the textbook, student workbook and navigate advantage access code package with them at mandatory orientation.
Textbook
Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured – 12th Edition
AAOS – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Twelth Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning (publisher), 2021.
ISBN 10: 1284243753
ISBN 13: 9781284243758
Students are required to purchase the Advantage Package which contains the course textbook, student workbook and Navigate Advantage Access Code.
- The Advantage Package can be ordered through Jones & Bartlett. This includes a discount coupon.
Additional Required Course Lab Supplies
- Stethoscope
- Pocket masks
- Safety goggles
- A watch with a second hand
- A penlight (non LED)