Paramedic Capstone Internship

Course Number:
EMS 270
Transcript Title:
Paramedic Capstone Internship
Created:
Aug 10, 2022
Updated:
Aug 10, 2022
Total Credits:
9
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture / Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
297
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:
No
Satisfies General Education requirement:
No
Grading Options
A-F
Default Grading Options
A-F
Repeats available for credit:
0
Prerequisites

EMS 212
EMS 222
EMS 232

Course Description

Includes preceptor supervised intensive clinical training as a lead crew member aboard a licensed advanced life support transport vehicle. Links knowledge and skills learned in previous lecture, lab and clinical courses into a culminating field internship experience in which students will be required to provide evidence that they have achieved entry-level competence. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the clinical sites. Prerequisites: EMS 212, EMS 222, EMS 232.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge and ability to integrate didactic instruction during the field internship with minimal input from preceptor.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and ability to integrate clinical instruction during the field internship with minimal input from preceptor.
  3. Demonstrate cultural competency, respect for diversity and the ability to practice in diverse healthcare settings in a multicultural society.
  4. Provide on-scene and in-route leadership for coordinated patient care.
  5. Communicate effectively with patients, first responders and hospital personnel.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

Daily preceptor evaluations sheets which will assess Affective Domain, Psychomotor Domain and Cognitive Domain and are to be filled out by the preceptor working with the student.

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: Demonstrate knowledge and ability to integrate didactic instruction during the field internship with minimal input from preceptor.
  • Accurately perform all skills as a paramedic under the direct supervision of a preceptor
  • Conduct scene assessment on live patients
  • Conduct patient interviews on live patients
  • Prepare a treatment plan reflecting steps to resolve patient’s health emergency
Outcome #2: Demonstrate knowledge and ability to integrate clinical instruction during the field internship with minimal input from preceptor.
  • Accurately perform all skills as a paramedic under the direct supervision of a preceptor
  • Prepare a treatment plan incorporating:
    • Need for medication
    • Need for IV access
    • Need for stabilization
    • Interpretation of vital signs and ECG rhythms
Outcome #3: Demonstrate cultural competency, respect for diversity and the ability to practice in diverse healthcare settings in a multicultural society.
  • Cultural
    • Specific general considerations
    • Medical differences
  • Gender based
  • Medical considerations
  • De-escalating potentially charged situations before they occur
Outcome #4: Provide on-scene and in-route leadership for coordinated patient care.

Under the observation of the preceptor:

  • Complete scene assessment
  • Complete patient assessment
  • Develop plan of care for patient
  • Implement plan of care at scene and in route to hospital
Outcome #5: Communicate effectively with patients, first responders and hospital personnel.

Under the observation of the preceptor:

  • Conduct scene and patient assessments
  • Communicate directions and/or information to:
    • Patient
    • First responders
    • By-standers, if needed
    • Hospital personnel
  • Complete documentation

Suggested Texts and Materials

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

Department Notes

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