Virginia's Community Colleges: Advanced Patient Care Lab

Advanced Patient Care Lab - EMS 204

https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS204-AdvancedPatientCareLab

Effective: 2021-08-01

Course Description

Focuses on the comprehensive assessment and management of out-of-hospital and inter-facility patients using scenario-based learning.

Laboratory 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

2 credits

The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.

General Course Purpose

The purpose of this course is to develop and assess the student's knowledge, understanding, analysis and application of comprehensive patient care in a practical setting.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Corequisite: EMS 203

Course Objectives

Provide care of a pediatric patient complaining of respiratory distress/failure in a scenario.
Provide care of an adult patient with cardiac dysrhythmia/cardiac arrest in a scenario.
Provide care of a geriatric patient presenting with signs and symptoms of a stroke in a scenario.
Provide care of a patient with an obstetric or gynecologic complaint in a scenario.
Provider care of a neonatal patient requiring resuscitation during delivery in a scenario.
Provide care of a pediatric patient with a traumatic injury in a scenario.
Provide care of an adult patient with a traumatic injury in a scenario.
Provide care of a geriatric patient with signs and symptoms of sepsis in a scenario.
Demonstrate the ability to perform surgical cricothyrotomy.
Demonstrate competency in the management of a patient on a ventilator.
Demonstrate competency in the use of ultrasound.
Apply the concepts of lab value evaluation to patient assessment.
Interact with patients with special challenges or cultural differences.
Provide care for a minimum of two (2) patients complaining of any of the following complaints: Chest pain; Overdose; Abdominal pain; Allergic reaction/anaphylaxis; Hypoglycemia/DKA/HHNS; Psychiatric; Seizure; Shock.

Major Topics to be Included

Comprehensive Patient Assessment

Medical patient
Trauma patient
Patient in special populations
Lab values

Comprehensive Patient Care

Pharmacological interventions
Integrating advanced procedures
Clinical reasoning

Therapeutic communication

Cultural considerations
Special challenges

Advanced Procedures

Surgical airway
Ventilator management
Ultrasound

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