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EMT 296 Paramedic, Part 1


Lecture Hours: 12
Lab Hours: 6
Credits: 14

Offers first term of a three-term course, which includes EMT 296, EMT 297 , EMT 298 , and EMT 280H . Focuses on patient assessment; airway and ventilation; pathophysiology of shock; general pharmacology; and respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, behavioral, and acute abdominal emergencies. Applies didactic knowledge to campus-based laboratory skills practice and clinical patient care in the hospital setting. Failure of this course will require retaking the full sequence of Paramedic courses (EMT 296, EMT 297 , EMT 298 , and EMT 280H )

Prerequisite: Fourth term standing in the Emergency Medical Technology program.
Student Learning Outcomes:
  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. 


Content Outline
  • 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