Wilderness EMT
Missoula, MT
Feb 13, 2024 - Apr 27, 2024
$2,850.00
Course Details:
Wilderness EMTs take foundational EMT skills into austere locations,
with hazardous environments and limited resources. Wilderness EMTs are
taught to adapt to these challenges with numerous extensive, realistic
scenarios and case studies. Click here for more information. Upon
successful completion of course requirements, students are eligible for
the National Registry EMT and the State of Montana EMT certifications.
The
Wilderness EMT course is offered for 3 upper-division University of
Montana credits for an additional $155. This fee is paid directly to the
University of Montana. We can provide credit request forms upon
request.
Schedule: This 11-week course will run on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 5:15pm-9:30pm with four
field-based weekends running from 8am-6pm. The weekend course session
will be all day on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 6pm. All sessions are
required.
The week of Spring Break (as determined by Missoula County Public Schools and University of Montana) will not have any class sessions.
Weekend dates are TBD.
Location:
Missoula, MT. Class will be in Missoula College (1205 E Broadway St,
Missoula, MT 59802), room TBD. The weekend sessions will be within a
short distance from Missoula (approx. 20-40 minute driving time).
Cost:$2,850.00. A deposit of $1,000 is required at the time of registration.
You can use alternate sources of funding such as AmeriCorps or G.I.
Bill® and we do offer payment plans.
Housing: Room and board are not provided or included in the course cost.
Prerequisites:
This course is intensive and does require preparation before the first
day. Students must be 18 years of age or older; younger students may
take the class with approval but must be 18 within two years of course
completion to take the National Registry Examination.
Immunization, Records, & a
Self-Query
must be submitted by January 15th, 2023. If you can't meet this
deadline please contact the Aerie office to make other arrangements.
This document will contain more detailed information about the immunization & records:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ej5nkhmlYevgS_775_j1Qzg5USOzScIVNvv9PUjvUb0/This document will contain more detailed information and how-to steps for obtaining your Self-Query results:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tqH2RqIWbUrTidzfp-YtBl2PNf-GiOQzCCj6fpxxz2k/ Textbook:
Students are required to purchase the EMT textbook for this course. It
can be new, used, rented, or an electronic version: we highly discourage
students from using previous versions of this textbook as curriculum
points are outdated. The accompanying workbook is not recommended.
Prehospital Emergency Care (11th Edition)- Joseph Mistovich ISBN-13: 978-0134704456
ISBN-10: 0134704452
More
information with all the course details will be emailed to each student
before the course begins. Please be sure that your email is current and
working.
