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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMC 100, EMC 103, EMC 105, EMC 108 or National Registry Basic EMT Registration Corequisite: EMC 110 The course covers Section 8 of the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration, National Standard Curriculum, Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate, 1985 standard. Topics Include: general pharmacology review, IV and IO therapy and shock/trauma assessment and management.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EMC 113 Corequisite: EMC 119 This course covers the U.S. Department of Transportation 1985 Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate Curriculum. Topics include: hazardous material awareness level I (GEMA), patient handling (FTO), vehicle extrication lab (FTO) and general patient assessment and initial management.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EMC 113 Corequisite: EMC 116 This is the final course for those pursuing EMT-Intermediate Certification. The course will include clinical hours to be spent in both Hospital Emergency Departments and on Ambulance Clinical Rotations. This class will also contain a Comprehensive review of the US DOT EMT-Basic 1994 Curriculum as well as the US DOT EMT-Intermediate 1985 Curriculum. The course will include a comprehensive written and practical exam that will serve to verify the students' competencies before being allowed to sit for the National Registry Intermediate-1985 Exam. Topics will include review of both the EMT-B 1994 and EMT-I 1985 Curricula, Assessment/Management Review for Trauma & Medical & OB/Peds and a NREMT examination review.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a study of human relations and professional development in today's rapidly changing world that prepares students for living and working in a complex society. Topics include: human relations skills, job acquisition skills, job retention skills, and professional image skills.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, MAT 1012, SCT 100 Corequisites: EMS 127, EMS 128, EMS 129, EMS 200A Introduces the student to the paramedic profession. Discussion centers on functions that extend beyond the EMT scope of practice. Topics include: roles and responsibilities, the EMS system, medical/legal considerations, illness/injury prevention, ethics, ambulance operations, medical incident command, rescue awareness/ operations, hazardous materials incidents, and crime scene awareness.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, MAT 1012, SCT 100 Corequisites: EMS 126, EMS 128, EMS 129, EMS 200A Introduces the fundamental principles and skills involved in assessing a patient in the pre-hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on the systematic approach with method variations for the medical versus trauma patient. Topics include, but not limited to, therapeutic communications; history & physical exam technique; clinical decision-making and documentation relevant to appropriate patient assessment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, MAT 1012, SCT 100 Corequisites: EMS 126, EMS 127, EMS 129, EMS 200A This course introduces the concepts of pathophysiology as it relates to the alteration of normal function as the result of a disease process. Utilizing the concepts described, the caregiver will be able to enhance their overall assessment and management skills. Disease-specific pathophysiology is covered in each related section of the curriculum. This course covers a review of cellular composition, function and environment as it relates to fluid and acid/base balances. Other content areas include, but not limited to, genetics and familial disease; hypoperfusion; multiple organ dysfunction; cellular metabolism impairment; immune system function and the stress/disease correlation.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, MAT 1012, SCT 100 Corequisites: EMS 126, EMS 127, EMS 128, EMS 200A This module focuses on the pharmacological principles and applications as related to the development and implementation of a patient management plan. Discussion of topics includes, but not limited to, historical trends; drug classifications; legislation and drug standardizations. Other topics include general drug properties, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics as well as special considerations associated with drug administration in pregnant, pediatric and geriatric populations. Also discussed are the personal responsibility, legal, moral and ethical issues surrounding drug administration.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMS 126, EMS 127, EMS 128, EMS 129, MAT 1012 Corequisites: EMS 132, EMS 133, EMS 134 Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, SCT 100 This unit is designed to address the topics of assessment and the treatment of respiratory related illnesses in both the adult and pediatric populations. A review of anatomy and physiology, respiratory pathophysiology, FBAO and recognition of respiratory compromise begin the unit. Utilizing this foundation, specific disease processes covered include, but not limited to, bronchial asthma; chronic bronchitis; emphysema; spontaneous pneumothorax; hyperventilation syndrome; adult respiratory distress syndrome; pulmonary thrombosis/embolism/edema; neoplasm; pneumonia and other respiratory infections. Targeted skill set instruction involves the use of airway adjunctive equipment, procedures, and therapeutic modalities.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EMS 126, EMS 127, EMS 128, EMS 129, EMS 130, EMS 132, EMS 133, EMS 134, EMS 200A, MAT 1012 Corequisites: EMS 135, EMS 200B Prerequisites/Corequisites: AHS 1011, ENG 1010, SCT 100 Designed to build on the foundation of EMT level trauma education this course uses integration to apply assessment findings and pathophysiologic principles to formulate field impressions and treatment plans for the suspected trauma patient. Epidemiology, detailed anatomy and physiology, physical assessment and management techniques relative to all types of trauma are covered as well as trauma systems, mechanism of injury, hemorrhage and shock. In addition, the specific pathophysiologies associated with burns, soft tissue, head, facial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, and musculoskeletal trauma is studied.
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