EMS 766 - Paramedic 1 Clinical
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
1.5 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 0
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 90
Course Description:
This course is the clinical component of EMS 765 designed to prepare the student for the Paramedic level as outlined by the 2009 National EMS Education Standards for the Paramedic. Students will complete a 90-hour clinical experience in the hospital setting. Clinical emphasis will be devoted to outpatient surgery and emergency departments. 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. Students will be required to undergo a national criminal background check and State of Iowa child/adult abuse registry check prior to starting clinical rotations. Mandatory reporter training and a health physical are required prior to starting clinical/field rotations. The cost of obtaining these requirements is in addition to course tuition and fees. Information on how to satisfy these requirements will be distributed the first night of class.
Corequisites: EMS 765
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: None
Common Course Assessment(s): Clinical competencies and assessments
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:
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 be able to apply the general concepts of pathophysiology for the assessment and management of emergency patients.
c. 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.
d. The paramedic student will be able to safely and precisely access the venous circulation and administer medications.
e. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of therapeutic communication to effectively communicate with any patient while providing care.
f. 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.
g. The paramedic student will be able to use the appropriate techniques to obtain a medical history from a patient.
h. The paramedic student will be able to explain the pathophysiological significance of physical exam findings.
i. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of history taking and techniques of physical exam to perform a patient assessment.
j. 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.
k. 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.
l. The paramedic student will be able to effectively document the essential elements of patient assessment, care and transport.
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