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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMS1154* and EMS1154L*. Corequisite: EMS1155L*. This is a continuation of EMS1154*. Contact: 3 hours per week. Some Saturday classes required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMS1154* and EMS1154L*. Corequisite: EMS1155*. Laboratory and clinical application of concepts and procedures studied in EMS1155*. Contact: Lab 3 hours per week and approximately 60 hours/semester of clinical. Additional fee.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of program chair. Course designed to enable students who are re-entering the program to improve their competencies to be able to maintain pace in regular courses of the program, or for those students who have completed the program but need competency review to be able to pass licensure examinations, or for other students if recommended by the program chair. Content will be designed to meet specific needs of the student. Course cannot be used to meet degree requirements. Students are graded on the basis of (S) satisfactory or (U) unsatisfactory performance. Contact: a minimum of 30 hours per semester.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMS1155 and EMS1155L or certification as a Registered Emergency Medical Technician. This course is designed to teach the EMT or paramedic the skills and knowledge necessary to perform rescue operations utilizing hand and power tools, ropes, and other rescue equipment. Emphasis will be placed on the evolution of motor vehicle rescue and vertical extraction situations with regard to the safety of both rescuer and patient. Lab hours. Contact: 66 hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: BSC2085 and BSC2085L or BSC1084C. Corequisites: BSC2086 and BSC2086L, EMS 1155 and EMS 1155L and permission of EMS program director is required. This course incorporates basic concepts of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, adverse reactions, mechanisms of action, and drug interactions for commonly used groups of drugs. Includes effects of age and culture on drug treatment, mathematics of drugs and solutions, and principles of patient education regarding drug treatment. Includes instruction on proper methods of medication administration as it pertains to the paramedic. Contact: 5 hours per week. Additional fee.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Paramedic program; and anatomy and physiology prerequisite course(s) and EMS2522C. Corequisites: EMS2613, EMS2637 and EMS2662L. This is the first course in the sequence of paramedic level courses. It is designed to provide the student with the foundation necessary to understand the paramedic's role within the medical community. The course focuses on the paramedic's roles and responsibilities, the well-being of the paramedic, injury protection, medical-legal and ethical issues, as well as specific topics in pathophysiology, pharmacology and therapeutic communications. Contact: 2 hours per week.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into Paramedic program and anatomy and physiology prerequisite course(s) and EMS2522C. Corequisites: EMS2611, EMS2637 and EMS2662L. This course is designed to provide the paramedic student with the knowledge and skills necessary to thoroughly, accurately and rapidly assess patients found in the pre- hospital setting. The course focuses on history taking, techniques of physical examination, clinical decision making, communications and documentation. Contact: 1 hour per week.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of EMS2611, EMS2613, EMS2637, EMS2638, EMS2662L, EMS2663L and EMS2639. The course focuses on the paramedic student's ability to integrate pathophysiological principles and physical examination findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for patients with common complaints. The course involves classroom lecture and laboratory scenario practice utilizing programmed or simulated patients. Contact: 2 hours per week.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EMS2663L, EMS2638, EMS2639. This course is designed to teach the paramedic student the skills and knowledge necessary to perform in and around rescue and crime scene operations. Hazardous material training at the EMS level is included. Contact: 2 hours per week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Paramedic program, completion of A&P requirement and EMS2522C. Corequisites: EMS2611, EMS2613 and EMS2662L. This course focuses on the rapid, thorough assessment of pre-hospital treatment of patients with pulmonary and cardiac problems. The student will become knowledgeable with causes, complications, signs and symptoms, and the full range of pre-hospital management of these serious patients. Contact: 4 hours per week.
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