EMS 152 - Advanced EMT Completion at Southwest Virginia Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2014-08-01
Continues the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services Advanced, Intermediate and/or Paramedic curricula. Includes patient assessment, differential diagnosis and management of multiple complaints. Includes, but are not limited to conditions relating to diabetic, neurological, abdominal pain, environmental, behavioral, gynecology, and toxicological disease conditions. Also includes Advanced EMT level cardiac, trauma and special population topics.
Credits 2. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
2 credits
General Course Purpose
The course will cover the assessment and management of medical problems and emergencies in the following areas: pulmonary, neurological, endocrine, genitourinary, digestive, hematological, toxicological, behavioral, and environmental. In addition, cardiac, trauma and special populations curricula for Advanced EMT will be taught. This course is part of the state-mandated curriculum that leads to taking the National Registry Advanced EMT, Intermediate, and/or Paramedic certification exam.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current EMT Certification and EMS 151 Co-requisite: EMS 151
Course Objectives
- Utilize patient assessment findings to formulate a field impression for patients with various medical emergencies
- Utilize patient assessment findings to formulate a field impression for cardiac, trauma and special needs patients
- Determine and Implement the treatment plan for these patients
Major Topics to be Included
- Respiratory emergencies
- Diabetic emergencies
- Neurological emergencies
- Non-traumatic abdominal pain
- Environmental disease conditions
- Behavioral disorder emergencies
- Gynecological emergencies
- Toxicological emergencies
- Pharmacology
- Cardiac emergencies
- Traumatic emergencies
- Emergencies involving special population patients