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Aug 31, 2024
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EMS 127B - Paramedic Clinical Practice I Credits: 2 Description Supervised application in a hospital and prehospital setting of the skills learned in aggregate Paramedic training. Emphasis will be on patient assessment, recognition and management of medical and trauma emergencies.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Recognize and treat life and limb threatening emergencies in the clinical setting.
- Perform intravenous therapy and know the application, implications and complications of same.
- Assess and maintain an adequate airway using basic and advanced procedures and devices.
- Discuss and perform basic and advanced pharmacology for the EMT Paramedic utilizing various methodologies and applications in the clinical setting.
- Perform medication administration using accurate computational methodology and appropriate sterile technique.
- Know and apply the indications, complications, and applications for basic and advanced cardiac life support.
- Recognize and treat simple and complex electrophysiological disorders in the clinical setting.
- Perform rapid patient assessment, determine patient severity and offer appropriate interventions to treat the patient.
- Develop and apply a comprehensive understanding of the principles of acid/base balance and be able to relate the concepts to respiratory and metabolic physiology.
- Provide advanced emergency care in the clinical setting while recognizing the need to protect the safety of the crew, patients and bystanders.
- Project a positive and professional demeanor while in the clinical setting.
Prerequisite: HIT 117 with a grade of C or higher and EMS Program Director approval Corequisite: None Graded: Pass/Fail
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