EMS 201 - EMS Professional Development at Virginia Highlands Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2012-08-15
The purpose of this course is to prepare the EMS student to use community resources to facilitate personal and community wellness and fulfills the wellness and resource objectives of the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services Intermediate curriculum.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to prepare the EMS student to use community resources to facilitate personal and community wellness and fulfills the wellness and resource objectives of the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services Intermediate curriculum.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: EMT/B Certification
Course Objectives
- The student will understand the expanding role of the EMS provider both in and out of traditional ambulance care environments
- Students will demonstrate an understanding wilderness, urban, and suburban EMS
- Students will understand how EMS can benefit public safety and health in commercial, industrial, public health and community health environments
- The student will learn the importance of maintaining good personal health
- Students will demonstrate body mechanics and exercise option crucial to physical well being
- Students will demonstrate a grasp of personal nutrition and wellness practice
- The student will create a plan for personal physical and mental well-being
- Community Health
- Students will demonstrate an awareness of EMS? role in advancing community health and wellness 2. Students will discuss future roles of EMS in the provision of public health
Major Topics to be Included
- EMS roles and responsibilities in atypical settings.
- Injury and illness awareness and prevention
- Public Health Issues
- Nutrition
- Body Mechanics
- Physical and Mental Wellness