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Addresses personal, community, and organizational response and resilience in emergencies. Learn disaster psychology and self care, personal risk assessment, situational awareness, and preparedness. Obtain the skills needed to deploy as a layperson member of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Learn and practice first aid, light rescue, medical field operations, and experience team building exercises tailored to disaster response. Analyze emergency management concepts and approaches to learn about Stanford's response to a range of scenarios/case studies within the framework of country, state, and federal public health responses. Leave the course prepared to assist in emergency situations meaningfully and confidently.

The Stanford Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Program ( EMED 111A) introduces those interested in EMS, and provides an overview of the knowledge and skills necessary to manage the scene of an emergency until more highly trained responders arrive. This theoretical and practical training is a prerequisite and will prepare you for the EMT Program in Winter and Spring quarters ( EMED 111B/C). It also allows students to sit for the NREMT exam for EMRs once the optional skills session has been successfully completed. The EMR Skills Session will be hosted over a weekend towards the end of the quarter. The exact date will be announced during Week 1 of the course. Instructor permission is required to repeat the course.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission

Second of two-quarter Stanford Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program - ( EMED 111B/C). Topics include ambulance operations, environmental emergencies, trauma management including falls, gunshot wounds, orthopedic and blast injuries, mass casualty incidents, vehicle extrication, and pediatric and obstetrical emergencies. Skills labs will be held every Thursday evening, with one entire weekend towards the end of the quarter. Prerequisites: EMED 111A/211A, 111B/211C, and consent of instructor, AHA or RC CPR certification.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission.

Advanced topics and teaching in EMS, including leadership of MCIs, vehicle extrication, and obstetric and pediatric emergencies. Students taking this course also serve as teaching assistants for EMED 111/211, the Stanford EMT training course. There will be one class activity on a weekend towards the end of the quarter, specific date will be announced during the first few weeks of class.nn**THIS IS NOT AN EMT REFRESHER COURSE, only EMED 112A/212A is a California and NREMT approved EMT refresher course.**nnPrerequisites: Current EMT certification (state or NREMT), CPR for Healthcare Providers, and consent of instructor. See http://emt.stanford.edu for more details.

A more advanced and intensive class building on wilderness first aid that teaches first responder skills using improvised resources in varying environmental conditions and extended-care situations. This is used as a framework for learning to respond to medical emergencies in remote wilderness settings. Examines necessary tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions.

Consists of Emergency Medicine focused studies and projects (including Research Projects) in progress. Possible topics include management of trauma patients, common medical and surgical emergencies in pediatric and adult populations, topics in disaster medicine, biosecurity and bioterrorism response, wilderness medicine, international medicine, and others. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

The purpose of this course is to provide medical students re-certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS). Initial certification ( EMED 201) occurs in the first year and expires 2 years from the initial course. This course will fulfill the requirements of the current BLS certification needed to complete the mandatory Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training prior to graduation. Student will refresh their skills in one and two rescuer CPR for infants and adults, management of an obstructed airway, and use of an automated external defibrillator. This course is offered every quarter on medical school RRAP days (the third Friday of every 2nd quarter) and requires a permission code to enroll to allow us to balance students across the four available sessions. Note that to be fully registered for the course you must complete a separate form sent out by the head TA in addition to registering in the quarter you take the course; you will not receive course dates and information without completing this form. If you have any questions, or if you are a non-medical student who wishes to take the course, please email the head TA, Haley Morin, at hdmorin@stanford.edu.

The Stanford Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Program ( EMED 111A) introduces those interested in EMS, and provides an overview of the knowledge and skills necessary to manage the scene of an emergency until more highly trained responders arrive. This theoretical and practical training is a prerequisite and will prepare you for the EMT Program in Winter and Spring quarters ( EMED 111B/C). It also allows students to sit for the NREMT exam for EMRs once the optional skills session has been successfully completed. The EMR Skills Session will be hosted over a weekend towards the end of the quarter. The exact date will be announced during Week 1 of the course. Instructor permission is required to repeat the course.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission

Second of two-quarter Stanford Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program - ( EMED 111B/C). Topics include ambulance operations, environmental emergencies, trauma management including falls, gunshot wounds, orthopedic and blast injuries, mass casualty incidents, vehicle extrication, and pediatric and obstetrical emergencies. Skills labs will be held every Thursday evening, with one entire weekend towards the end of the quarter. Prerequisites: EMED 111A/211A, 111B/211C, and consent of instructor, AHA or RC CPR certification.Please note, ONLY graduate students may enroll for 3 or 4 units with instructor permission.