2022-2023 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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EMS 272 - Medical Emergencies in Paramedicine II Description: An overview of pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, comprehensive assessment, differential diagnosis, and pharmacology for various medical emergencies. Prepares students to implement a management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for various medical emergencies, specifically for gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal care.
Corequisite: EMS 202 , EMS 252 , EMS 254 , and EMS 272L
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, medical emergencies (neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, and infectious disease)
- Formulating a differential diagnosis
- Management plan: pharmacologic agents, medical emergencies (neurologic, hematologic, immunologic, toxicologic, psychiatric, and infectious disease)
- Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, patient populations, and medical emergencies (gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)
- Management plan: pharmacologic agents, patient populations, and medical emergencies (gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal)
Learning Outcomes:
- Perform comprehensive patient assessment utilizing technology and techniques according to the Paramedic Scope of Practice. (1)
- Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for various medical emergencies. (1, 2)
- Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage various medical emergencies. (2, 3)
- Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of Practice for various medical emergencies. (3)
- Integrate pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, and comprehensive assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis for gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (4)
- Integrate knowledge of pharmacologic agents to manage gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (5)
- Integrate the pathophysiological significance of assessment findings to implement a patient management plan in the Paramedic Scope of practice for gynecologic, obstetric, pediatric, and neonatal emergencies. (5)
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