Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
MFRI-0070
Organization's ID:
EMS 313
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
16 Hours (2 Days)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Emergency Medical Technology or Emergency Medical Services
Description

Objective:

To provide the student with the knowledge and skills required to successfully assess and manage a patient in medical crisis. This course addresses the most common medical complaints and offers a pragmatic method of assessment and management utilizing the scene size-up, history and physical examination to systematically rule-out and rule-in possibilities and probabilities in the medical patient.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply critical thinking skills to integrate pathophysiology with assessment and history findings to determine actual and potential patient problems, and apply appropriate emergency medical treatment
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Lectures
Supplemental Materials