Required Topics | Hours | Frequency |
|---|
| Profession Specific Flexible Hours (Local or State Component/Individual Component)
There are too many courses to list in this category, learners should select courses that best fit their scope of practice by searching, "CAPCE" | 12 | 4 years |
| Airway/Respiration/Ventilation Ventilation, Capnography, Oxygenation | 12 | 2 years |
| Trauma (EMS) Trauma Triage, CNS Injury, Hemorrhage Control, Fluid Resuscitation | 12 | 2 years |
| Operations (EMS) At-Risk Populations, Ambulance Safety, Field Triage, Hygiene/Vaccinations, Culture of Safety, Pediatric Transport, Crew Resource Management, Role of Research, Evidence Based Guidelines, Scene Safety, Quality Improvement | 6.5 | 2 years |
| Medical (EMS) Special HC Needs, OB Emergencies, Infectious Disease, Medication Delivery, Pain Management, Psychiatric, Toxicological/Opioids, Neurological/Seizures, Endocrine/Diabetes, Immunological, Pediatric Emergencies | 36 | 2 years |
| Cardiovascular (EMS) Post-Resuscitation, VADs, Stroke, Cardiac Arrest, Pediatric Cardiac Arrest, CHF, ACS | 8.5 | |
| Profession Specific Preparatory:
EMS systems
Roles and responsibilities
Well-being of the medic
Illness and injury prevention
Medical/Legal issues
Ethics
General principles of pathophysiology
Pharmacology
Venous access
Medication administration
Therapeutic communication
Life span development | 12 | |
| Profession Specific Patient assessment:
History taking
Techniques of physical examination
Patient assessment
Clinical decision making
Communications
Documentation | 8 | |
| Profession Specific Special considerations:
Neonatology
Pediatrics
Geriatrics
Abuse and assault
Patients with special challenges
Acute interventions for the chronic care patient | 12 | |
| Pediatric Population Education | 12 | |