EMT 296 Paramedic, Part 1

1. Perform complete and accurate patient assessments in a variety of settings, including laboratory and clinical settings with hospital patients. 
2. Assess and treat appropriately a wide variety of airway and ventilation problems, in both the laboratory and clinical settings. 
3. Assess the need for and initiate intravenous therapy in both the laboratory and clinical settings. 
4. Differentiate between and among a wide variety of respiratory ailments, cardiac patient presentations, neurological patient presentations, behavioral patient assessments and acute abdominal complaints and apply appropriate interventions, both in the laboratory and clinical settings. 
5. Identify and interpret ECG rhythms and demonstrate appropriate treatment modalities. 
6. Determine appropriate medical therapies, including pharmacology, based on patient assessment, both simulated and actual patients and calculate drug dosages and administer medications. 

• Preparatory 
  • General principles of pathophysiology 
  • Venous access and medication administration 
  • Therapeutic communications 
  • Life-span development 
  • Workplace safety and wellness 
  • Ethics and diversity 
  • Pharmacology 
• Airway Management and Ventilation 
• Patient Assessment 
  • History-taking 
  • Physical exam 
  • Patient assessment 
  • Clinical decision making and assessment-based management 
  • Communications 
  • Documentation 
• Medical 
  • Pulmonary 
  • Cardiovascular disease 
  • Neurological problems 
  • Gastroenterology 
  • Behavioral and psychiatric disorders 
  • Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies