EMS-1484L - EMS Patient Assessment and Advanced Airway Management Lab* (1)

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-1484

This course focuses on the psychomotor skills associated with EMS patient assessment and airway management. The following topics/skills are included, but not limited to: history taking, physical examination, patient assessment, clinical decision-making, EMS communications, documentation, methods of lifting and moving patients, personal protection equipment, contaminated equipment disposal, obtaining blood samples, medication administration, intravenous access, airway anatomy, airway management, ventilation and oxygenation.

List Course Outcomes (consistent for all sections)
CO1 - Demonstrate psychomotor skills for airway management. Skills include basic airway management, advanced airway management, difficult airway management.

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 - Demonstrate psychomotor skills for medication draws and medication administration for IV, IM, IN, and subcutaneous routes.

CO5 - Integrate basic knowledge to help formulate a treatment plan, as well as understand medication management for respiratory and airway conditions.

Course Fee: $300

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