Course Description: The Emergency Medical Responder Refresher Course is an Emergency Medical Service Course (previously First Responder). This program was developed to provide highly trained individuals with a refresher covering the skills necessary to begin assessing and caring for patients at the scene of an injury or illness. As an Emergency Medical Responder, you are considered a part of the EMS System. The care and treatment that you will be able to provide will follow local, state, and national guidelines. At the conclusion to this course you will be able to access the EMS system, evaluate a patient and complete a basic assessment, lift or move the patient when required, transfer a patient to a higher leve of care, and know how to obtain patient information.
Includes BLS Provider CPR recertification and BBP training. Please bring current EMR student manual. This 16 hour course meets the renewal requirements for current State of Nevada EMR's.
Audience: Park rangers, utility workers, teachers, childcare workers, school bus drivers, designated industrial workers in a large facility (industrial plant) or at a remote site (fish-packing plant, commercial vessel, oil rig), truck drivers, security guards, bodyguards, general aviation pilots, commercial flight attendants, sports coaches, athletic trainers, hunting and fishing guides, search and rescue personnel, community and campus responders, lifeguards and Ski Patrollers.
Canellation of a course due to inclement weather will occur by 5:00 pm the previous day. We will contact you via email and phone. Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 on the next business day to reschedule your course.
If you need to reschedule your course, you will be allowed to reschedule one time. Please contact remsaedu@remsa-cf.com or 775-353-0772 before your initially scheduled course.
