Title: Overview Module 10
Course: EMS 1119 Emergency Medical Technician > Section: Module X Medicine

The Medicine Module covers medical emergencies and is subdivided into 15 lessons/sections. The broad categories of medical emergencies are: Respiratory; Cardiac, Neurological, Abdominal, Diabetic/Endocrine, Renal, Allergic, Poisoning and Psychiatric Emergencies. It is a large module and can seem overwhelming at first. Don’t let this intimidate you!

This module will review conditions from abdominal pain to urinary tract infections. The most common medical emergencies are difficulty breathing (i.e. shortness of breath due to asthma or COPD) and chest pain. However, what you see in your role as an EMT will greatly depend upon the area you serve and the age demographics of the population in that area. Also, it’s not just trauma or heart attacks that can kill. There many medical conditions, which if unrecognized by EMS, can result in death. For this reason, it is important that you have keen observation and assessment skills. This module prepares you for many of those situations.