Paramedic Clinical Experience I - EMS 175 at Piedmont Virginia Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/pvcc/courses/EMS175-ParamedicClinicalExperienceI
Effective: 2021-08-01
Course Description
Introduces students to live patient assessment and management in the clinical setting. Begins a continuum of learning involving live patients that leads to entry-level competence at the paramedic level.
Internship 3 hours. Total 3 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 introduce the student to live patient assessment and management in the clinical setting.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS
Course Objectives
- Perform a comprehensive normal physical assessment on patients ranging in a variety of ages in the clinical setting.
- Perform a comprehensive normal physical assessment on a minimum of two (2) pediatric patients in the clinical setting.
- Perform a minimum of six (6) trauma assessments on an adult patient in the clinical setting.
- Perform a minimum of forty (40) medical assessments on a patient in the clinical setting.
- Establish a minimum of twenty (20) IVs on a live patient in the clinical setting within 100% accuracy.
- Initiate an intravenous fluid bolus on a minimum of two (2) patients in the clinical setting.
- Place a minimum of four (4) patients on a 12-lead monitor in the clinical setting.
- Integrate a comprehensive written report in the clinical setting.