Emergency Medical Technician Practice, Learn and Use System© (EMT-PLUS™) Courses

The Emergency Medical Technician Practice, Learn and Use System ( EMT-PLUS ™) courses provide on-line EMS Continuing Education (CE) in standardized patient assessment and treatment protocols. JXT Applications, Inc. of Beavercreek, Ohio developed the courses.

Course Features include:

• Student progress tracking and record keeping via the Virtual Schoolhouse Learning Management System (LMS) 
• Interactive lessons based on real-world emergency medical scenarios (case studies)
• Standardized protocols for patient assessment and treatment
• Electronic Job Aids that can be downloaded to a laptop or PDA
• Course objectives and Glossary of terms, electronic bibliography, reference documents, and links to relevant medical websites
• Post test with award of appropriate Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) upon successful completion

Content: Current EMT-PLUS ™ on-line courses include:

• WMD/HazMat (5 CEHs)
• Mass Casualty Incidents (3.5 CEHs)
• Trauma (5 CEHs)
• Medical Emergencies (5 CEHs)
• Infectious Diseases (4.5 CEHs)

Faculty: EMT-PLUS ™ courses are designed and developed under the guidance of Board Certified Emergency Physicians who have final approval of all course content and interactive exercises.

Validation: EMT-PLUS ™ Courses are validated by operational EMT's.

Approval: EMT-PLUS ™ Courses are approved by The Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) and meet National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), most state EMS agency and Board of Nursing requirements.

Advantages of EMT-PLUS™ include:

• Availability (24/7/365)
• Convenience (anytime, anywhere) via Internet
• Flexibility (resume training from the point you stopped or go back to the material you want to review)
• Quality (EMT validated, CECBEMS approved, comprehensive, interactive, scenario-based lessons and exercises.)
• Cost (inexpensive alternative to many on-line and traditional EMS CE courses)
• Standardized (protocols, job aids, lessons, exercises, and tests)