{
  "college": "san-diego-miramar-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Emergency Medical Technician",
  "id": "emergency-medical-technician-certificate-of-performance",
  "name": "Emergency Medical Technician",
  "award": "Certificate of Performance",
  "department": "emergency-medical-technician",
  "sourceUrl": "https://sdccd.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/20879/20987/20988/20880/20032",
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      "markdown": "### Summary\n\nEmergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) provide emergency medical care and transportation to the ill and injured. EMT certification also provides entry level training for advanced careers such as paramedicine, physician assistant, nursing, and medicine.\n\n**Award Notes:**\nA Certificate of Performance is a departmental award that does not appear on the student’s transcript. All courses must be completed within the San Diego Community College District.\nThis program is not eligible for federal financial aid in accordance with Federal regulations.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Emergency Medical Technician Program will be able to:**\n\n1.  Apply knowledge of physical, psychosocial, and developmental characteristics of individuals throughout the life span to the provision of emergency medical care.\n2.  Explain the roles, responsibilities, and legal aspects of the EMT practice.\n3.  Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), airway management, and defibrillation.\n4.  Identify various types of medical emergencies, assess the body systems involved, and cite the appropriate emergency medical intervention and rationale."
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      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements"
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          "text": "COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR:",
          "units": "7.5"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EMGM 105A",
          "title": "Emergency Medical Technician - National Registry",
          "units": "7",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EMGM 106",
          "title": "Perilaryngeal Airway Adjuncts/Defibrillation Training",
          "units": "0.5",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}