Paramedic Part 3

Course Number:

EMS 212

Transcript Title:

Paramedic 3

Created:

Aug 10, 2022

Updated:

Aug 17, 2022

Total Credits:

7

Lecture Hours:

70

Lecture / Lab Hours:

0

Lab Hours:

0

Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:

No

Satisfies General Education requirement:

No

Grading Options

A-F, Audit

Default Grading Options

A-F

Repeats available for credit:

0

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

• Cognitive and psychomotor domains are measured for competency by a combination of written exams and skill demonstration.
• The affective domain is measured for competency using published professional standards.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Outcome #1: Prepare a comprehensive treatment plan based on assessment findings for the patient experiencing a field code, who is critically ill, or is pregnant with an obstetric complaint.

• Patient experiencing a field code
  • Improving the response to cardiac arrest
  • Basic life support
  • Advanced cardiac life support
  • Scene choreography and teamwork
• Patient who is critically ill.
  • MODS
  • Shock
    • Progression of shock
    • Suspected
    • Cardiogenic
    • Distributive
    • Hypovolemic
• Patient with an obstetric complaint.
  • Complications related to pregnancy
  • Bleeding related to pregnancy
  • Childbirth
  • Complications of labor
  • High-risk pregnancy complications
  • Complications of delivery
  • Postpartum complications

Outcome #2: Prepare a comprehensive treatment plan based on assessment findings for pediatric/neonatal patients, geriatric patients, or patients with special needs.

• Neonatal
  • Specific conditions
  • Conditions related to thermoregulation
  • Common birth injuries in the newborn
  • Congenital heart disease
• Pediatric
  • Respiratory emergencies
  • Shock
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • Neurologic emergencies
  • Gastrointestinal emergencies
  • Endocrine emergencies
  • Hematologic, oncologic, and immunologic emergencies
  • Toxicologic emergencies
  • Psychiatric and behavioral emergencies
  • Fever emergencies
  • Sudden infant death syndrome
  • Pediatric trauma emergencies
• Geriatric
  • Cardiovascular conditions
  • Neurologic conditions
  • Gastrointestinal conditions
  • Endocrine conditions
  • Toxicologic conditions
  • Psychologic conditions
  • Trauma emergencies
  • End-of-life care
• Special challenges
  • Abuse or neglect
  • Terminal illness
  • Bariatric patients
  • Communicable diseases
  • Medical technology in the pre-hospital setting
  • Medical technology during interfacility transport
  • Patients with cognitive, sensory or communication impairment
  • Other notable conditions

Outcome #3: Demonstrate knowledge of the role of the paramedic within the incident command system.

• Incident command system roles and responsibilities
• NIMS
• EMS response within the incident
• Medical incident command
• Triage categories and tags
• START and Jump START triage methods
• CISM

Outcome #4: Demonstrate knowledge of the role of the paramedic in vehicle extrication and special rescues.

• Steps in special rescue
• Vehicle extrication
• Specialized rescues and teams

Outcome #5: Recognize and identify hazardous materials on the scene and apply decontamination processes.

• Paramedic role in HazMat incident
• Scene size-up
• Contamination and toxicology
• Routes of exposure
• Decontamination and treatment
• Transport considerations of exposed patients

Outcome #6: Recognize and perform the role of the paramedic in terrorism response and various weapons of mass destruction situations.

• International and domestic terrorism
• Threat recognition
• WMD’s
  • CBRN agents

Outcome #7: Recognize and perform the role of the paramedic in disaster response.

• Disaster response planning
• Natural disasters
• Man-made disasters

Outcome #8: Recognize potential crime scenes, and apply appropriate defensive strategies at dangerous scenes.

• Crime scene awareness
• Indicators of violence
• Highway and road incidents
• Residential incidents
• Violence on the street
• Cover and concealment
• Self-defense
• Preserving evidence

Suggested Texts and Materials

Emergency: Care in the Streets, Nancy Caroline, ISBN-10:  128-410-4885

Department Notes

Required by current EMS national education standards and is a CoAMPS accreditation requirement.