Advanced Patient Care for the AEMT

Catalog description

This course provides students with opportunities to apply fundamental knowledge of basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for the following: acutely ill patients; patients in shock; respiratory failure or arrest; cardiac failure or arrest; post resuscitation management; and acutely injured patients. The course also provides students with a fundamental knowledge of growth, development, and aging and assessment findings to provide basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation for patients with special needs. Topics include geriatrics; patients with special challenges; medical overview; neurology; immunology; infectious diseases; endocrine disorders; cardiovascular; toxicology; respiratory; hematology; genitourinary/renal; shock and resuscitation; chest trauma; abdominal and genitourinary trauma; orthopedic trauma; head, facial, neck, and spine trauma; nervous system trauma; and the integration of medical and trauma assessments.