EMS 131 - Paramedic II Medical

Credit(s): 4
Lecture/Lab Contact Hours: 3.50, 1

This course will build on information learned in EMS 120 - Paramedic I, and EMS 125 - Paramedic Practice 1, as the student will continue studying the different medical emergencies for which EMS is summoned and care is provided by pre-hospital personnel to help reduce morbidity and mortality. The student will also learn the acute management of medical emergencies for the pediatric, obstetric, geriatric, and the challenged patient(s). A high level of understanding will be developed for situations involving systems such as pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, endocrine, immunology, hematology, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, and integumentary, including disorders of those systems. The student will also learn about infectious and communicable diseases, and psychiatric and behavioral disorders. A brief review of important anatomy and physiology as it applies to the different medical emergencies in question will be included, as well as relevant pathophysiology, providing the student with the needed information to begin pre-hospital assessment and treatment for each type of medical emergency discussed. Students will gain this high level of understanding for patient(s) with medical emergencies based on the body systems involved through discussion, learning activities, laboratory activities, and case studies. This course provides 56 theory hours and 16 laboratory hours.
Applicable toward graduation at CSC where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable (1.2)

Offered: Fall and Spring
Prerequisite(s): Take EMS 120 and EMS 125 with a grade of C or Higher
General Education: Not Applicable