EMS 212B - Paramedic Trauma Emergencies And Itls

Institution:

Truckee Meadows Community College

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Description:

Prerequisite: EMT Basic or EMT Intermediate and acceptance into the Paramedic Program. This course prepares the student to identify, assess, manage, and treat various types of trauma emergencies. Topics include Trauma Systems, Mechanism of Injury, Soft-Tissue Trauma, Burns, Head and Face Trauma, Spinal Trauma, Thoracic Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, and Musculoskeletal Trauma. Skills include trauma assessment, splinting, bandaging, spinal immobilization, IV therapy, chest decompression, and associated pharmacological interventions. The ITLS course is designed to teach Paramedics the skills necessary to recognize mechanisms of injury, assess, perform critical interventions, package, and fundamental knowledge and experiences necessary to get the trauma patient to the emergency department. A major focus of the course is the identification of conditions that require immediate transport in order to save the patient. Lifesaving techniques are taught or reviewed in practical exercises. Certification at the ITLS level will be current for three (3) years.

Credits:

5.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tmcc.edu

Phone Number:

(775) 673-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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