Paramedic Capstone Internship - EMS 249
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS249-ParamedicCapstoneInternship
Effective: 2021-08-01
Course Description
Provides summative evaluation of the Paramedic student in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains.
Laboratory 6 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
2 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
To provide a summative internship to ensure entry-level competence at the paramedic level.
Course Objectives
- Provide comprehensive assessment and management for a minimum of twenty (20) patients in the pre-hospital setting as the Team Leader.
- Demonstrate entry-level competency in a capstone psychomotor exercise.
- Demonstrate entry-level competency in a capstone cognitive evaluation.
Major Topics to be Included
- Safety Concepts
- Safety assessment
- Personal protective equipment
- Infectious disease prevention
- Patient Assessment
- Comprehensive medical assessment-Adult
- Comprehensive medical assessment-Pediatric
- Comprehensive medical assessment-Geriatric
- Comprehensive trauma assessment-Adult
- Comprehensive trauma assessment-Pediatric
- Comprehensive trauma assessment-Geriatric
- Comprehensive assessment of a pregnant patient
- Isolated Skills
- Establish IV
- Intravenous therapy
- Intramuscular injections
- Subcutaneous injection
- Inhaled medications
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Delivery of a newborn