Emergency Medical Responder

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 12:00 AM - Saturday, November 20, 2027, 11:59 PM, Washington, DC


Commission on Accreditation For Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE)-First Responder (20.00 hours)

The Emergency Medical Response program provides participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as an emergency medical responder (EMR) to help sustain life, reduce pain and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical personnel take over.

1. Apply important fundamentals as an emergency medical responder, including bloodborne pathogen precautions, proper body mechanics, medico-legal and ethics principles, self-care, and anatomy and physiology
2. Demonstrate scene safety, primary and secondary assessment, communication, documentation skills.
3. Support airway and breathing with airway management and supplemental oxygen.
4. Identify multiple cardiac emergencies and providing CPR and automated external defibrillation as necessary.
5. Differentiate multiple medical emergency response, including special situations such as poisoning, substance abuse and misuse, environmental emergencies, and behavioral emergencies.
6. Recognize and treat traumatic emergencies, including shock and bleeding.
7. Describe emergency response for special populations, including pediatrics, the elderly, patients with special healthcare or functionals needs. and patients in labor.
8. Examine EMS Operations topics such as access and extrication, hazardous material emergencies, incident command and multiple-casualty incidents, response to disasters and terrorism, and special operations.

This CE activity is accredited for 20.0 Emergency First Responder CEH by The American Red Cross, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education.

I understand that the American Red Cross as a requirement of CAPCE accreditation will submit a record of my course completions to the CAPCE AMS. I further understand that my course completion records may be accessed by or shared with such regulators as state EMS offices, training officers, and NREMT on a password-protected need-to-know basis. In addition, I understand that I may review my record of CAPCE accredited course completions by contacting CAPCE.

Cancellation Policy:
American Red Cross reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
American Red Cross is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact your instructor.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

American Red Cross adheres to the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, as well as the conflict of interest requirements of the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.