Paramedic Cardiovascular Care Laboratory - EMS 222
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS222-ParamedicCardiovascularCareLaboratory
Effective: 2024-01-01
Course Description
Focuses on skills involved in the assessment and management of cardiac-related emergencies as outlined by the National Emergency Medical Service Education Standards (NEMSES) for Paramedics. Develops competency in basic dysrhythmia recognition and overall cardiac patient care.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to teach the skills involved in the assessment and management of cardiac-related emergencies. It develops competency in basic dysrhythmia recognition and overall cardiac patient care.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS. Corequisite: EMS 221: Paramedic Cardiovascular Care
Course Objectives
- Interpret basic EKG rhythms and associated treatments
- Defibrillate patients in an unwitnessed arrest scenario
- Identify transcutaneous pacing on patients in a scenario
- Synchronize cardioversion on patients in a scenario
- Interpret a 12-lead EKG
Major Topics to be Included
- Assessment of the Cardiovascular Patient
- Identification of Types of Rhythms
- Sinus rhythms
- Atrial rhythms
- Junctional rhythms
- Tachycardic rhythms
- Bradycardic rhythms
- Heart blocks
- Pulseless rhythms
- Management of the patient with an arrhythmia
- Symptomatic and asymptomatic patients
- Non-invasive interventions
- Pharmacological interventions
- Electrotherapy interventions
- Cardiovascular-specific pharmacology
- Gases
- Sympathomimetic
- Anticholinergic
- Antiarrhythmic
- Beta blocker
- Vasopressor
- Calcium channel blocker
- Purine nucleoside
- Platelet aggregate inhibitor
- Alkalinizing agents
- Cardiac glycoside
- Narcotic/ analgesic
- Diuretic
- Nitrate
- Antihypertensive