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Apr 18, 2024
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EMS 765 - Paramedic 1
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
7.5 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 105
Total Lab Hours: 15
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course is designed to prepare the student for the Paramedic level as outlined by the 2009 National EMS Education Standards for the Paramedic. The student is introduced to the Paramedic career field. Concepts taught include medical/legal considerations, the roles and responsibilities of the paramedic, anatomy and physiology, patient assessment techniques, medication administration, pharmacology, and life span development. Upon successful completion of this course, students will gain knowledge that will allow them to have a positive impact on the lives of their patients while providing emergent medical care within the communities that they serve.
Corequisites: EMS 766
Prerequisites/Corequisites: EMS 200 , HSC 113 , BIO 168 Students must be currently certified at the EMT or higher level, be at least 17 years of age, have a high school diploma or equivalent, be able to speak, write, and read English, and hold current BLS recognition at the Healthcare Provider (American Heart Association) or Professional Rescuer (American Red Cross) level is required prior to starting Paramedic 1.
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $250.00
Common Course Assessment(s): Unit exams and a cumulative final exam
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
a. At the completion of this unit, the paramedic student will understand the roles and responsibilities of a paramedic within an EMS system, apply the basic concepts of development, pathophysiology and pharmacology to assessment and management of emergency patients, be able to properly administer medications, and communicate effectively with patients.
b. At the completion of this unit, the paramedic student will be able to take a proper history and perform a comprehensive physical exam on any patient and communicate the findings to others.
Course Objectives:
a. The paramedic student will understand his or her roles and responsibilities within an EMS system, and how these roles and responsibilities differ from other levels of providers.
b. The paramedic student will understand and value the importance of personal wellness in EMS and serve as a healthy role model for peers.
c. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the implementation of primary injury prevention activities as an effective way to reduce death, disabilities and health care costs.
d. The paramedic student will understand the legal issues that impact decisions made in the out-of-hospital environment.
e. The paramedic student will understand the role that ethics plays in decision making in the out-of-hospital environment.
f. The paramedic student will be able to apply the general concepts of pathophysiology for the assessment and management of emergency patients.
g. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles of pharmacology and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a pharmacologic management plan.
h. The paramedic student will be able to safely and precisely access the venous circulation and administer medications.
i. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of therapeutic communication to effectively communicate with any patient while providing care.
j. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the physiological, psychological, and sociological changes throughout human development with assessment and communication strategies for patients of all ages.
k. The paramedic student will be able to use the appropriate techniques to obtain a medical history from a patient.
l. The paramedic student will be able to explain the pathophysiological significance of physical exam findings.
m. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of history taking and techniques of physical exam to perform a patient assessment.
n. The paramedic student will be able to apply a process of clinical decision making to use the assessment findings to help form a field impression.
o. The paramedic student will be able to follow an accepted format for dissemination of patient information in verbal form, either in person or over the radio.
p. The paramedic student will be able to effectively document the essential elements of patient assessment, care and transport.
q. Low, medium, and high-fidelity simulation may be utilized to obtain psychomotor outcomes for this course.
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