Trauma Management in Paramed

Catalog description

PMC 317 is designed to prepare students with the essential knowledge and skills required to respond effectively to traumatic incidents and provide life-saving care to patients in critical conditions. This course will introduce a wide range of topics, including trauma systems; injury prevention programs; hemorrhage and shock; thoracic and abdominal trauma; musculoskeletal and soft tissue injuries; traumatic brain injury; facial, neck and spinal trauma, and multisystem trauma victims. Special considerations of pregnant, pediatric, geriatric, and cognitively impaired trauma patients is included. P: PMC 303 , PMC 305 , PMC 307 , PMC 309 , PMC 311 , PMC 313 , and PMC 315 .