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ES 295 - Health and Fitness for Emergency Service Workers


3 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): RD 90  and WR 90 , or WR 91  (WR 91  substitutes for both RD 90  and WR 90 ) or designated placement.

Course Description: Provides students with the necessary health and wellness foundation needed prior to entering the emergency services fields of firefighting, paramedicine or law enforcement. Students receive an overview of the key topics that promote a life of health and wellness. Students are given the opportunity to assess their current lifestyles and their relationships to wellness, physical fitness, nutrition, and risk for illness/disease. With appropriate participation and study, students will receive a firm understanding of community health issues, and the relationship of lifestyle to health and longevity so as to plan realistic short- and long-term goals for their health. 

Course Level: Career/Tech Preparatory

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • CLO#1: Demonstrate an understanding of the health and wellness trends in the fire service and other emergency service professions.
  • CLO#2: Define “healthy emergency workers”; explore wellness and disease prevention.
  • CLO#3: Understand the effects of diet, stress and exercise on healthy living and life expectancy. Evaluate his/her current state of general health and wellness, risk and personal safety in the emergency services professions.
  • CLO#4: Consider the effects of psychosomatic and spiritual health on the human body systems. Research and present a health-related issue individually or with partners/teams. (ILO: Information Literacy)



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