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Dec 26, 2024
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EMS 767 - Paramedic 2
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2021
7 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 90
Total Lab Hours: 30
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. This course is a continuation of Paramedic 1. Pulmonology, advanced airway management, cardiology, and neurology will be discussed. 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 768 , EMS 810
Prerequisites: EMS 765 , EMS 766
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: $305.00
Common Course Assessment(s): Unit exams and a cumulative final exam
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:
a. At the completion of this unit, the Paramedic student will be able to establish and/ or maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient.
b. At the completion of this unit, the Paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient experiencing respiratory, cardiovascular, or neurological symptoms.
Course Objectives:
a. The Paramedic student will be able to establish and/ or maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient.
b. The Paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with respiratory problems.
c. The Paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with cardiovascular disease.
d. The Paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a neurological problem.
e. Low, medium, and high-fidelity simulation may be utilized to obtain psychomotor outcomes for this course.
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