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(A) topics included in the initial training course objectives for certified EMD, emergency medical responder (EMR), EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-III, or AEMT or continuing education requirements of cognitive and psychomotor learning for which the provider is certified;

(B) other department-approved educational subjects required for maintenance of professional organization certification;

(C) college courses in anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry, pharmacology, psychology, sociology, injury prevention, or statistics, or department-accepted courses;

(D) content presented using critiques, didactic sessions, practical drills, workshops, seminars, commercial educational systems, distributed learning, or other department-approved educational methods;

(E) professional EMS education systems such as the National Continued Competency Program (NCCP) by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicianss (NREMT) or accredited education by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Education (CAPCE);

(16) “CPR” means cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(17) “critical care air ambulance service” means an organization or entity that is, or that uses by contractual arrangement, an aircraft operator or operators, with appropriate aircraft, and that provides or advertises to provide emergency medical care that includes advanced life support services and air transportation under the direct or indirect supervision of a medical director, through personnel trained at least to the paramedic, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or physician level; generally, a critical care air ambulance service has the expertise to provide a higher level of medical care than does a medevac service and usually provides transportation from the initial treatment hospital to a referral hospital;

(18) “curriculum” means a collection of objectives, educational standards, or course materials;

(19) “department” means the Department of Health;

(20) “department-approved aeromedical training” means a course, approved by the department, that includes training in the following, as appropriate to meet the needs of the applicant;

(A) physiological aspects of pressure and the atmosphere, including composition, layers and physiological divisions of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, the circulation system, basic respiratory physiology, hypoxia and shock, cabin pressurization and decompression, gas expansion disorders, evolved gas problems, and acceleration or deceleration forces on the body;

(B) specific medical situations, such as escort responsibilities and self-care,