Medical Emergencies II with Laboratory

Catalog description

This course is designed to train students to understand the pathophysiology, assessment and management of variouis types of patients. Life San Development, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Neonates, and Pediatrics are the topics covered for this course. Emphasis will be placed on assessment based management of present illness and focused patient complaints. The American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) program will be presented during this course. PALS is designed to provide health care professionals a greater knowledge of emergency care for the pediatric patient. The PALS course stresses critical thinking skills and the student will be examined through case based scenarios as well as a written test. In addition to the regular coursework, students must successfully complete the PALS course to pass this class. This is the second of a series of three Medical Emergency courses required for the paramedic program.