Provides the competency-based practice and testing of skills presented in the companion lecture course. Those skills include all the required skills of the National Emergency Medical Ser- vices Education Standards for the Emergency Medical Techni- cian plus the additional skills of esophageal intubation, intravenous maintenance and automated defibrillation. In- cludes strenuous skills such as lifting and patient carrying. A special fee will be charged for this course. or equivalent HC placement test scores.