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Aug 31, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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EMS 142L - Emergency Medical Technician Lab Description: Practical application of the didactic instruction received in EMS 142 to include: medical, legal and ethical aspects; techniques of CPR, AED, extrication, management of trauma and medical emergencies; and the administration of appropriate medical care. Discussion and application of basic computer skills in the health care industry are also covered.
Corequisite: EMS 142 and EMS 143
Credits: 5 Lecture: 0 Lab: 10
Course Content:
- Preparatory: EMS history, systems, medical-legal-ethical issues, communication, and documentation
- Patient assessment: basic anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, patient assessment, and triage
- Airway & ventilation: proper airway management, respiration, and ventilation
- Pharmacology: all medications that can be administered or assisted with, within an EMT's scope of practice
- Shock & resuscitation: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bleeding, shock, and associated management principles
- Medical: medical emergencies including respiratory, cardiac, stroke, diabetic, anaphylaxis, poisons, diseases, environmental, behavioral, emergency childbirth, and associated management principles
- Trauma: soft tissue injuries, burns, fractures, head-chest-abdominal injuries, nervous system injuries, and associated management principles
- Special patient populations: management of special situations using lifespan development principles
- EMS operations
Learning Outcomes:
- Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform comprehensive patient assessment in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
- Demonstrate patient advocacy within the EMT standard of care and scope of practice in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
- Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviors consistent with EMT standard of care and scope of practice. (1-9)
- Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to perform a differential diagnosis in medical emergencies and trauma in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
- Synthesize EMT standard of care and scope of practice to manage medical emergencies and trauma in a lab simulation setting. (1-9)
- Pass the National Registry practical skills examination. (1-9)
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