Spring 2025 EMT Basic Original Evening Course

BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES

New York State EMT-B Original Curriculum

January 22, 2025 through May 15, 2025  Course Number 265054

 

Instructor:  Laura Kotsubka, CIC, EMT-CC

Location:  Binghamton University; Science Library Third Floor Rooms 306, 310, 302

Time:  Monday and Wednesday 6:00-10:00PM and some Saturdays 8AM-4PM; ALL total 180 hrs. (REQUIRED)

Textbook:  Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Ed. Mistovich/Karren (Textbook only required) ISBN # 0134704452

Required Online Self Study (free): ICS 100 and ICS 700.a; IC-5.A; WMD Awareness

Date

Sess

Chapter

Topic

Hrs

Instructor

Weds

1/22

1

1

 

2

Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research and Public Health

Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Sat

1/25

2

 

 

3

6

11

 

LAB

Lifting and Moving Patients

Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, Hx Taking

Practical Skills: Lifting & Moving Patients

Practical Skills: Vital Signs

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

1/27

4

3

4

5

Medical, Legal & Ethical Issues

Documentation

Communication

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

1/29

5

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

2/1

6

 

7

LAB

 

7

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Quiz ch. 1-6 and 11

Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/3

8

8

9

Pathophysiology

Life Span Development

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

2/5

9

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

2/8

10

 

11

15

EXAM 1

LAB

Shock and Resuscitation

ASHI BLS

CPR SKILLS AND EXAM

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/10

12

 

10

Quiz Ch 7,8,9

Airway Ventilation Oxygenation

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

2/12

13

12

13

Scene Size Up

Patient Assessment

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Sat

2/15

14

 

15

16

17

LAB

Respiratory Emergencies

Cardiovascular Emergencies

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

 

 4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/17

16

14

Quiz Ch 10,12,13,15

Ch 14 Pharmacology

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

2/19

17

EXAM 2

 

LAB

Exam Ch. 1-15

Review

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

2/22

18

 

 

19

LAB

 

18

19

20

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Medication Quiz

Altered Mental Status/Stroke/Headache

Seizures and Syncope

Acute Diabetic Emergencies

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/24

20

 

21

22

23

Quiz Ch 16,17

Anaphylactic Reactions

Toxicologic Emergencies

Abdominal/Hematologic/Gyn/GI/Renal Emerg

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

2/26

21

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

3/3

22

 

24

25

26

Quiz Ch 21-23

Environmental Emergencies

Submersion Incidents: Drowning/Diving Emer

Psychiatric Emergencies

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/5

23

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Quiz Ch 18-20

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

 

 

 

No Class Spring Break 3/8-16/2025

 

 

Mon

3/17

24

 

27

28

Quiz Ch 24-26

Trauma Overview: Trauma Patient & System

Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma

 

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/19

25

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

3/22

26

 

 

27

LAB

29

30

31

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Burns

Musculoskeletal Trauma

Head Trauma

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Tu/Th eve

3/25,27

OPTIONAL

Practical Skills to Date - Available to All Classes

At Broome County Public Safety ES entrance

4.0

Liz Mednansky & Lab Instructors

Mon

3/24

28

 

EXAM 3

32

Review

Exam Ch 16-30

Spinal Injury & Spinal Motion Restriction

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/26

29

LAB

Quiz Ch 31,32

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

3/31

30

33

34

35

Eye/Face/Neck Trauma

Chest Trauma

Abdominal & Genitourinary Trauma

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

4/2

31

LAB

Quiz 33,34,35

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/5

32

 

33

LAB

36

38

LAB

Multi Sys Trauma in Special Pt Populations

Pediatrics

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/7

34

 

37

Quiz Ch 36,38

Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn

4.0

 

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

4/9

35

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

 

 

 

No Class Passover 4/11-14/2025

 

 

Wed

4/16

36

 

LAB

Quiz Ch 37

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/19

37

 

38

42

43

Ambulance Operations & Air Medical

Gaining Access & Patient Extrication

Practical Skills: Gaining Access & Patient Ext.

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

 

 

 

No Class Easter Monday 4/21/2025

 

 

Wed

4/23

39

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka&

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/26

40

 

 

41

LAB

39

40

41

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Geriatrics

Patients with Special Challenges

The Combat Veteran

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/28

42

 

     LAB

 

Practical skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Wed

4/30

43

 

LAB

Practical skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

5/3

  44

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Sun

5/4

  44

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Mon 5/5

 

 

End of Course Paperwork due to NYS

 

 

Mon

5/5

45

44

45

46

MCI & Incident Management

Hazardous Materials

EMS Response to Terrorism & WMD

REVIEW

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

5/7

46

FINAL EXAM

EXAM 4 CH. 31-46

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Mon

5/12

 

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

5/14

 

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

INSTRUCTOR: Laura Kotsubka, AEMT-CC, (607) 725-3785, email kotsubka@binghamton.edu

If you have any problems or concerns do not hesitate to call:

Liz Mednansky, Broome County EMS Officer at 607-778-8672, email liz.mednansky@broomecountyny.gov

ICS 100 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.c

ICS 700 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-700.b

WMD (required)  https://teex.org/Pages/Class.aspx?course=AWR160&courseTitle=WMD/Terrori

AWR-358 (required)  https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/AWR-358%20dL

 

11/24/2024