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May 18, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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EMS 267 - Technical Operations in Paramedicine
Description: Overview of emergency medical service systems, safety and wellness, resiliency, health, medical/legal and ethical issues, EMS communications, documentation, and crime scene awareness. Examines the paramedic's role and responsibility to assure personal, patient, and public health and safety in the provision of professional emergency care. A-F grading only.
Prerequisites: Program Admission.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Paramedic's roles and responsibilities: EMS system, public health, safety, and crime scene
- Self-care: health, wellness, resiliency and other
- Medical, legal, ethical concerns
- Communication and documentation
Learning Outcomes:
- Examine the paramedic's roles and responsibilities in the EMS system. (1)
- Examine the paramedic's role and responsibilities in assuring public health and safety. (1)
- Examine the paramedic's role and responsibilities at a crime scene. (1)
- Practice self-care techniques that promote health, wellness, and resiliency. (2)
- Examine medical, legal, and ethical issues within the paramedic scope of practice. (3)
- Communicate effectively with members of diverse groups. (4)
- Identify professional standards for documentation within the paramedic scope of practice. (4)
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