EMS 159 - ALS - Special Populations at New River Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2012-08-15
Continues the Virginia office of Emergency Medical Services Intermediate and/or Paramedic curricula. Focuses on the assessment and management of specialty patients including obstetrical, pediatric, and neonates.
2 lecture hours; 2 lab hours; 4 Hours per week
3 credits
General Course Purpose
To prepare the EMS student to assess, evaluate and treat patients within the Special Populations; to include OB, Neonates, Pediatrics, the abuse and assault patient and how to utilize Assessment Based Management.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Pre reqs. EMS 151 and EMS 153; Pre or Co-reqs EMS 155
Course Objectives
- To introduce the EMT-Basic provider to advanced life support care for special populations.
- Integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the obstetrical patient
- Integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the neonatal patient
- Integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the pediatric patient
- Integrate the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for the pediatric patient who has sustained abuse or assault
- Integrate the principles of assessment based management to perform an appropriate assessment and implement the management plan for patients with common complaints
Major Topics to be Included
- Obstetrics
- Neonatology
- Pediatrics
- Geriatrics
- Abuse and assault
- Assessment based management