Paramedicine II.

Catalog description

This course is designed to be taught to the National EMS Education Standards for paramedics. Upon completion of this course, the student through didactic, critical thinking group assignments and laboratory skills demonstration and simulations will be able to describe and integrate scene and patient assessment findings with epidemiology and pathophysiology to form a field impression, to use clinical reasoning to develop a list of differential diagnosis and modify the assessment to formulate a treatment plan. These sections will include scene size up, primary survey, history taking, secondary assessment, use of monitoring and diagnostic devices, reassessment and integration to assessment findings to medicine. They will understand the significance and characteristics of respiratory emergencies in infant, child, and adult populations. Students should be able to demonstrate a fundamental comprehension of the following topics: respiratory anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms of various respiratory etiologies (eg, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia), and the assessment and management necessary to provide basic and advanced care in the prehospital setting. Students will then learn airway management, respiration, and artificial ventilation which integrates complex knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology into the assessment to develop and implement a treatment plan with the goal of ensuring a patent airway, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for patients of all ages. Adherence to the attendance policy and completion of this course with a final grade of B- or better must be achieved in order to advance in the PAC program. Fall. Prerequisites: ENG 098 , RDG 098 and FYE 101 or placement; Paramedicine program corequisites: HCC 201 , HCC 203 ; Paramedic Technology certificate corequisites: BIO 152 , HCC 201 , HCC 203 .