2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    May 15, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EMS 117B - Clinical Practicum


Credits: 1
Description
Supervised application of EMT Intermediate skills in the field and/or hospital setting. Emphasis will be on patient assessment, EKG interpretation, pharmacology applications, advanced and basic airway management.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Recognize and treat life and limb threatening emergencies in the eh clinical setting.
  2. Perform intravenous therapy and know the application, implications and complications of same.
  3. Assess and maintain an adequate airway using basic and advanced procedures and devices.
  4. Discuss and perform basic and advanced pharmacology for the EMT-I utilizing various methodologies and applications in the clinical setting.
  5. Perform medication administration using accurate computational methodology and appropriate sterile technique.
  6. Discuss cardiovascular anatomy and know the indications, complications and applications for basic and advanced cardiac life support.
  7. Recognize and treat simple and complex electrophysiological disorders in the clinical setting.
  8. Perform rapid patient assessment, determine patient severity and offer appropriate interventions to treat the patient.
  9. Develop and apply a basic understanding of the principles of acid/base balance and be able to relate the concepts to respiratory and metabolic physiology.
  10. Provide advanced intermediate emergency care in the clinical setting while recognizing the need to protect the safety of the view, patients and bystanders.
  11. Project a positive and professional demeanor while in the clinical setting.

Prerequisite: Current enrollment or acceptance in the CSN Paramedic program; current certification as an Intermediate EMT; current immunizations; and health insurance required
Corequisite: None
Graded: Letter Grade



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