Paramedic II

Catalog description

This course prepares students to provide advanced medical care to ill or injuredindividuals. Topics include neurology, gastroenterology, toxicology, traumasystems, mechanism of injury, hemorrhage, shock, burns, thoracic trauma,managing the multi-trauma patient, obstetrical emergencies, delivery and care ofthe newborn, emergency pharmacology for pediatric patients, intraosseousinfusion, pediatric intubation and resuscitation, geriatrics, and patients withspecial challenges. This course, along with PAR101, PAR103, PAR201, andPAR202, prepares and qualifies the student to sit for the New York StateParamedic certification examination, providing all other certification requirementsare met. (offered fall semester only) (12 hrs. lecture, 4.5 hrs. laboratory)Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Paramedic Program. EMT-Basic Certification.C+ or higher in PAR101.