EMS 136 - Emergency Medical Care Lab at Patrick Henry Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2019-08-01
Focuses on specific skills related to the assessment and management of common medical emergencies.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is gain practical experience and demonstrate the principles of care and management of patients complaining of medical emergencies.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS. Corequisite: EMS 135.
Course Objectives
- Demonstrate integration of scene and patient assessment findings with knowledge of epidemiology and pathophysiology to form a field impression, including developing a list of differential diagnoses through clinical reasoning to modify the assessment and formulate a treatment plan.
- Integrate medical assessment, intravenous therapy, intraosseous therapy, and multiple routes of medication administration within the context of comprehensive patient management.
Major Topics to be Included
- Assessment of a Patient with a Medical Complaint
- Perform assessments on patients complaining of medical related emergencies in scenarios in lab setting
- Clinical reasoning
- Differential diagnoses
- Treatment of Patient with a Medical Complaint
- Develop treatment plan based on complaint
- Implement treatment plan
- Perform skills related to administration of treatment
- Communication and Behavior
- Effectively communicate with the patient
- Effectively communicate with team members
- Maintain composure and professionalism of a team leader