EMS-1484 - EMS Patient Assessment and Advanced Airway Management* (3)

Prerequisite: MTH-0910 or MTH-0992 or higher; and college-level reading and writing placement or complete one of the following: IRW-0900A or IRW-0900B

Co-requisite: EMS-1410 ; EMS-1484L

Augmenting EMS-1400, this course introduces the emergency care skills that completes the foundation for EMT-I and -P practice. Focusing on patient assessment and airway management, the following topics are addressed: history taking, physical examination, patient assessment, clinical decision-making, EMS communications, documentation, airway management, and ventilation.

List Course Outcomes (consistent for all sections)
CO1 - Integrate comprehensive knowledge of EMS systems, safety/well-being of the paramedic, and medical/legal and ethical issues, which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel, patients, and the community.

CO2 - Integrate complex knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology into the assessment to develop and implement a treatment plan with the goal of assuring a patent airway, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for patients of all ages.

CO3 - Integrate scene and patient assessment findings with knowledge of epidemiology and pathophysiology to form a field impression. This includes developing a list of differential diagnoses through clinical reasoning to modify the assessment and formulate a treatment plan.

CO4 - Integrate basic knowledge to help formulate a treatment plan, as well as understand medication management for respiratory and airway conditions.

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