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Jul 27, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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EMS 239 - Airway and Ventilatory Management in Paramedicine
Description: Designed to prepare students to integrate the knowledge of the respiratory system, comprehensive assessment practices, and pharmacologic agents to formulate a differential diagnosis and implement airway and ventilatory management plans for medical emergencies and trauma. Prepares students to perform comprehensive assessments and techniques in the paramedic scope of practice for assuring airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for all age groups. A-F grading only.
Prerequisites: Program Admission.
Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
- Pathophysiology of the respiratory system
- Formulating a differential diagnosis
- Equipment and diagnostic technology
- Techniques in the paramedic scope of practice for all age groups: airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respirations.
Learning Outcomes:
- Integrate knowledge of the respiratory system, anatomy, and physiology with a pathophysiologic assessment to formulate a differential diagnosis. (1-3)
- Utilize diagnostic technology according to the standard protocol to perform a comprehensive assessment of respiratory function. (4)
- Assure airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for medical emergencies in all age groups using appropriate techniques according to the paramedic scope of practice. (5)
- Assure airway patency, adequate mechanical ventilation, and respiration for trauma emergencies in all age groups using appropriate techniques according to the paramedic scope of practice. (5)
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