Paramedic Pract One

Catalog description

Students will be required to do a rotation of 104 hours of Emergency Department during this the student will have a requirement of 10 IV starts or venous blood draws. This is to acquaint the student with real life IV Therapy. Students will be required to give 10 IV Med and 10 IM med administrations to acquaint the student with medication administration in real life situations. Students will be required to do a rotation of approximately 40 hours in the Operating Room. This rotation will require the student to do at least 5 endotracheal intubations. This is to acquaint the student with real life (on live Patient) advanced airway control as well as principles of ventilation management. Students will be required to document patient encounters, history and physical, and procedures utilizing simulated medical records through the FISDAP program.