EMS Programs - Forsyth Tech Community College (2025)

NAEMT’s Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is a leading global program for prehospital emergency trauma care. Its mission is to promote excellence in trauma management and improve outcomes by fostering critical thinking and emphasizing the unique needs of multisystem trauma patients. PHTLS courses enhance care quality and reduce mortality, empowering EMS practitioners to make informed decisions.

The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:
Physiology of life and death
Scene assessment
Patient assessment
Hemorrhage control
Airway
Breathing, ventilation, and oxygenation
Circulation and shock
Special population

The EVOS course addresses the knowledge gap behind injuries and fatalities, focusing on changing behaviors to promote a culture of safe driving. Using current research, case studies, and crash analyses, EVOS encourages EMS practitioners to rethink vehicle safety. Instructors can also tailor the curriculum to include local laws and policies.

Topics covered in the course include:
Making driving safety a priority
Legal aspects of EMS vehicle operation
Maneuvering an EMS vehicle
Vehicle inspection and maintenance
Mental, emotional and physical preparedness
Emergency response
Crash prevention
Driving skills
Technological aids
Simulation training

AMLS is the gold standard for emergency medical assessment and treatment education, endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians. It teaches students to use the AMLS Assessment Pathway to quickly and accurately manage common medical conditions. Through realistic case-based scenarios, students practice scene size-up, first impressions, history-taking, and differential diagnosis. The fourth edition includes over 75 patient simulations, with added features like simulation monitor images and ECGs from iSimulate to enhance the learning experience.

The course utilizes the AMLS textbook and course manual, and covers the following topics:
Pharmacology
Respiratory disorders
Cardiovascular disorders
Shock
Sepsis
Neurologic disorders
Mental health emergencies
Endocrine/Metabolic disorders
Environmental emergencies
Infectious disease
Abdominal disorders
Women’s health emergencies
Toxicologic emergencies

This course equips clinically competent EMS professionals with the knowledge, resources, and skills to effectively teach EMS education. It covers a range of topics, including learning psychology, classroom management, ethics, and student and course evaluation. Focusing on instructional preparation, presentation, and evaluation, the course reflects the consensus on essential skills needed for high-quality EMS education programs.

At the conclusion of the course, students will, at minimum, be able to:
Organize and prepare materials for presentation;
Prepare instructional aids;
Determine the equipment and materials needed to teach specific curriculum courses;
Evaluate student performance and provide corrective feedback to improve subsequent student performance;
Develop a mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of an EMS educational program;
Select curriculum materials appropriate to the level of course being taught, and effectively deliver each lesson contained in an EMS curriculum, as measured by overall student performance on course objectives.
Prepare course outlines, lesson plans, course schedule and instructor schedules