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þState Standard ¨Institutionally Developed College:
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This course provides a range of clinical experiences for the
student paramedic to include clinical application of advanced emergency care.
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Application of Advanced Emergency Care |
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Prerequisite: |
Program admission |
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Prerequisite/Corequisite: |
AHS 101, EMS 126, EMS 127, EMS 128, EMS 129, EMS 130, EMS
131, EMS 132, EMS 133, EMS 134, EMS 135, EMS 136 |
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Competency |
After completing this section,
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D.Lab
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Clinical Application Of Advanced Emergency Care |
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The
student will complete at a minimum 300 clinical hours: The student must spend a minimum of the following in
each area. The remainder of the 300 hours is at the program discretion to
decide how clinical time and educational opportunities are best utilized: 1. OR 24 hours 2. ER/ED 24 hours 3. Pediatrics 24 hours 4. Psychiatric 8 hours 5. Labor/Delivery 24 hours 6. 7. Flexible 148 hours 8. Critical care / ICU 24 hours |
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Comply with patient privacy rights Respect confidentiality Follow the rules and regulations of each clinical site Demonstrate respect for staff Demonstrate appropriate work ethic |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for
patients with chest pain |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 15 patients
with chest pain |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for
patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 10 adult
patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 10 pediatric
patients (including infants, toddlers, and school age) with dyspnea/respiratory distress |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for
patients with syncope |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment,
formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 5 patients with syncope |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for
patients with abdominal complaints |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 10 patients
with abdominal complains (for example: abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, GI
bleeding, gynecological complaint, etc.) |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for
patients with altered mental status |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 15 patients
with altered mental status |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to serve as a
team leader in a variety of prehospital emergency situations. The student should serve as the team leader for at least
20 prehospital emergency responses |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to safely gain
venous access in all age group patients. The student should safely, and while performing all steps
of each procedure, successfully access the venous circulation at least 25
times on live patients of various age groups |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to safely
administer medications. The student should safely, and while performing all steps
of each procedure, properly administer medications at least 25 times to live
patients |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to safely perform
endotracheal intubation. The student should safely, and while performing all steps
of each procedure, successfully intubate at least 5
live patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to effectively
ventilate unintubated patients of all age groups. The student should effectively, and while performing all
steps of each procedure, ventilate at
least 10 live patients of various age groups. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment on obstetric patients. The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment on at least 5 obstetric patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment on pediatric patients. The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment on at least 20 (including newborns, infants, toddlers, and school
age) pediatric patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
compressive assessment on adult patients. The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment on at least 50 adult patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment on geriatric patients. The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment on at least 30 geriatric patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment on trauma patients. |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment
on at least 30 trauma patients. |
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The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a
comprehensive assessment on psychiatric patients. |
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The student should perform a comprehensive patient
assessment on at least 10 psychiatric patients. |
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Suggested Resources |
Rev.
01/06/06
Posted:
01/31/06