EMS 771 - Paramedic 4
Last Date of Approval: Spring 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 - 3. Care of the patient with special challenges and chronic illnesses will be discussed. Students will learn how to effectively manage a multiple casualty incident, gain Haz-Mat awareness, how to transport their patient safely and effectively, how to operate at a crime scene, and gain rescue awareness. Trauma and assessment-based management 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 815 EMS 772
Prerequisites: EMS 769
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 integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for patients with diverse backgrounds and chronically ill patients.
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 trauma patient.
c. 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 patients with common complaints.
d. At the completion of this unit, the paramedic student will be able to safely manage the scene of an emergency.
Course Objectives:
a. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological and psychosocial principles to adapt the assessment and treatment plan for diverse patients and those who face physical, mental, social and financial challenges.
b. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the acute deterioration of a chronic care patient.
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 an environmentally induced or exacerbated medical or traumatic condition.
d. The Paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of kinematics to enhance the patient assessment and predict the likelihood of injuries based on the patient’s mechanism of injury.
e. 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 shock or hemorrhage.
f. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with soft tissue trauma.
g. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the management plan for the patient with a burn injury.
h. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the trauma patient with a suspected head injury.
i. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the patient with a suspected spinal injury.
j. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a patient with a thoracic injury.
k. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with suspected abdominal trauma.
l. The paramedic student will be able to integrate pathophysiological principles and the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a musculoskeletal injury.
m. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of assessment-based management to perform an appropriate assessment and implement the management plan for patients with common complaints.
n. The paramedic will understand standards and guidelines that help ensure safe and effective ground and air medical transport.
o. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of general incident management and multiple casualty incident (MCI) management techniques in order to function effectively at major incidents.
p. The paramedic student will be able to integrate the principles of rescue awareness and operations to safely rescue a patient from water, hazardous atmospheres, trenches, highways, and hazardous terrain.
q. The paramedic student will be able to evaluate hazardous materials emergencies, call for appropriate resources, and work in the cold zone.
r. The paramedic student will have an awareness of the human hazard of crime and violence and the safe operation at crime scenes and other emergencies.
s. Low, medium, and high-fidelity simulation may be utilized to obtain psychomotor outcomes for this course.
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