2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    May 23, 2024  
2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

EMS 254 - Paramedic Practicum I


Description: Precepted paramedicine practicum in which the student synthesizes standard of care and scope of practice with a comprehensive assessment and diagnostic technology, patient advocacy, ethical and professional behaviors, critical thinking, decision making, and patient management of medical emergencies and trauma in a clinical setting. A-F grading only.

Prerequisites: Program Admission.

Credits: 1
Lecture: 0
Lab: 2

Course Content:
  1. Paramedic standard of care and scope of practice
  2. Comprehensive patient assessment
  3. Patient advocacy
  4. Ethical and professional behaviors  
  5. Differential diagnosis
  6. Patient management: medical emergencies and trauma

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform the comprehensive patient assessment in a clinical setting. (1, 2)
  2. Demonstrate patient advocacy within the paramedic standard of care and scope of practice in a clinical setting. (1, 3)
  3. Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with paramedic standard of care and scope of practice. (1, 4)
  4. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical emergencies and trauma in a clinical setting. (1-5)
  5. Synthesize paramedic standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical emergencies and trauma in a clinical setting. (1-6)