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Jan 15, 2025
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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
- Recognize and treat life and limb threatening emergencies in the eh 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-I utilizing various methodologies and applications in the clinical setting
- Perform medication administration using accurate computational methodology and appropriate sterile technique
- Discuss cardiovascular anatomy and know 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 basic understanding of the principles of acid/base balance and be able to relate the concepts to respiratory and metabolic physiology
- Provide advanced intermediate emergency care in the clinical setting while recognizing the need to protect the safety of the view, patients and bystanders
- 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
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