EMT Online Course

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Hello,

I am the Lead Instructor for the second online EMT Basic Class

at Lee College. The term online might better be listed as " Mostly

Online EMT Basic Class " Our students still come to class on

Saturdays for 56 hours of Skill Practice, Review, and testing. I

don't see any first time student ever taking a completly online EMT

class, or any EMS Coordinator ever signing off on one.

As for the NREMT paper that was published in July. It was one

of my first online students that brought it to my attention the week

it came out. This paper I think refers to many of the classes

allowing a CPR card to be coverall for CPR Skills. As I have seen in

past classes when I asked how many students had put their hands on a

AED Trainer in their CPR Class more than half of them stated " no

they had just watched the video on it " . The way I have read the

paper I feel the students have not thoughly understood the steps of

Airway Management or CPR.

With the " Mostly Online EMT Basic Class " being a addition to

Online Classes. We are planning several more for 2005.

I feel the students we will have sign up are self motivated

for the most part and will be a great addittion to the EMS community.

My Three Cents Worth

Dobbs LP

Clinical Coordinator & Lead Online Instructor

Lee College