Course Description
This course concerns itself with understanding the variety of different fire service involvements within both fire-based and non-fire based Emergency Medical Systems (EMS), as well as appropriate medical oversite compliance systems necessary to meet modern care needs of the patient and community. By following best practices, the departments' emergency delivery will be to the highest standards, providing time-critical response together with effective patient care through strategically and geographically well-positioned appropriate fire stations and apparatus staffed by applicably equipped and trained emergency medical personnel. In many cases, this will be higher trained firefighters.
Course Outline
- Week 1: What is an EMS System?
- Week 2: Regulators and Accreditation Systems
- Week 3: Fire EMS Delivery Models
- Week 4: Fire EMS Systems (Continued)
- Week 5: Fire EMS Management
- Week 6: Quality Management and Benchmarking
- Week 7: Professional Competency
- Week 8: Education and Development
- Week 9: Cost Budgeting
- Week 10: Alternative Budget Systems
- Week 11: World and North American EMS
- Week 12: Canada's EMS Delivery Systems
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- describe the EMS system in operation;
- demonstrate the interrelationship or lack of each EMS system component;
- review the different components of a prehospital EMS system;
- appreciate the global and Canadian history of EMS;
- describe the similarities and differences between systems;
- identify the fire and EMS delivery profiles;
- recognize the variations between countries, states and regions;
- list the advantages and disadvantages of the EMS systems;
- describe your fire department’s organizational culture;
- analyze how your fire department culture affects your fire department’s EMS involvement;
- state common principles of management; and
- describe methodologies used in Fire/EMS organizations.
Notes
Fire Officer Certification: Is one of four required courses for Fire Officer IV. Before students can earn Fire Officer IV, they must have received Fire Officer III from the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development. All grades must be 70% or higher. Self-serve tracking of progress towards Fire Officer IV Accreditation is available. To request enrolment in the CE0100 Fire Officer IV Accreditation Track, email openlearning@dal.ca .
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The Faculty of OLCD recommends an intermediate level of English language proficiency for the most effective learning and participation in our online and face-to-face courses. A list of minimum recommended scores on some common English tests can be found on our website. If you have questions about your English language proficiency and ability to succeed in this course, please contact openlearning@dal.ca.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should complete the Certificate in Fire Service Leadership. In some cases, special permission may be granted from the program director to take this as a stand-alone course.
Prerequisite: Completion of the "Certificate in Fire Service Leadership"
Recommended For
- Students working toward or within decision making areas of their fire service.
- Students who believe their fire service should be based upon the emergency needs of their community.
- Members of the fire service who wish to better understand paramedicine educational systems.
- Senior fire service leaders desirous of understanding the changing importance of EMS involvement.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration : Electives
- Diploma in Executive Fire Leadership : Required
- Diploma in General Fire Leadership : Elective - Certificate in Emergency Management for the Fire Service, Elective - Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration
- Certificate in Emergency Management for the Fire Service : Required
- Fire Officer IV Certification Track : Required (4)