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EMTP 1025 Trauma for the Advanced EMT
(2-3-3)
This course includes material from the Trauma and Operations Modules of the
current National EMS Education Standard. It is designed to provide the student
with fundamental knowledge to provide basic and selected advanced emergency
care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely injured
patient. Topics covered in this course are: Airway management, assessment and
management of the trauma victim, bleeding, chest trauma, abdominal and
genitourinary trauma, orthopedic trauma, soft tissue trauma, head, face, neck
and spine trauma, nervous system trauma, special considerations in trauma,
environmental emergencies, and multisystem trauma, shock management,
gaining access and vehicle extrication of the trauma victim, and multiple casualty
incident.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the EMS program.
Corequisite: None.
Offered: Spring.
EMTP
1029 AEMT Practicum II
(0-4-1)
This course is the second of three practicums designed to provide the Advanced
EMT student with the opportunity to perform a history and physical examination
to identify factors affecting the health and health needs of a patient. Formulate a
field impression based on an analysis of assessment findings, anatomy,
physiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. Relate assessment findings to
underlying pathological and physiological changes in the patient’s condition.
Effectively communicate in a manner that is culturally sensitive and intended to
improve the patient outcome. Students will also have the opportunity to perform
basic and advanced interventions as part of a treatment plan intended to mitigate
the emergency, provide symptom relief, and improve the overall health of the
patient in the clinical setting.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the EMS program.
Corequisites: None.
Offered: Spring.
EMTP
1032 Advanced Life Support for the AEMT
(2-3-3)
This course includes material from the current National EMS Education Standard
to provide increased knowledge and skills in specific aspects of advanced life
support. Topics covered in this course are: Patient assessment, advanced airway
management, pharmacology, respiratory and cardiovascular assessment and
management, Advanced Cardiac Life Support for the AEMT, pathophysiology,
shock/trauma, acid-base disturbances, obstetrics, neonatal care, pediatrics,
geriatrics, and patients with special challenges, and pediatric life support. This
course concludes with a comprehensive program review and preparation for the
National Registry of EMT’s exam.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the EMS program.
Corequisite: None.
Offered: Summer.