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EMS 200 - Clinical Application of Advanced Emergency Care

Course Description

This course provides a range of clinical experiences for the student paramedic to include clinical application of advanced emergency care.

Competency Areas

Hours

Hours

 

Clinical Application of Advanced Emergency Care

 

 

Class

0

 

 

 

Credit

10

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

Program admission

 

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

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

Clinical Application Of Advanced Emergency Care

0

0

300

Clinical Areas

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.       EMS 24 hours

7.       Flexible 148 hours

8.       Critical care / ICU 24 hours 

 

 

 

Ethics and Clinical Etiquette

Comply with patient privacy rights

Respect confidentiality

Follow the rules and regulations of each clinical site

Demonstrate respect for staff

Demonstrate appropriate work ethic
(i.e.: reporting on time)

 

 

 

Care of the Critical Patient (Hospital and/or Pre-Hospital)

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with chest pain

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 15 patients with chest pain

 

 

 

 

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 10 adult patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with syncope

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 5 patients with syncope

 

 

 

 

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with abdominal complaints

 

 

 

 

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.)

 

 

 

 

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with altered mental status

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan on at least 15 patients with altered mental status

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Intravenous Therapy

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

 

 

 

Medication administration

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

 

 

 

Airway and Ventilation Management

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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Management of Normal and Abnormal Deliveries

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.

 

 

 

Assessment / Management of the Pediatric Patient

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.

 

 

 

Assessment / Management of the Adult Patient

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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment on trauma patients.

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment on at least 30 trauma patients.

 

 

 

Psychological Intervention

The student must demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment on psychiatric patients.

 

 

 

 

The student should perform a comprehensive patient assessment on at least 10 psychiatric patients.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Mosby’s Paramedic Textbook, Sanders, McKenna, Lewis and Quick, Current Edition 

Paramedic Emergency Care, Bledsoe, Porter, Third Edition,

Emergency Care in the Streets, Nancy Caroline, Fifth Edition

 

Rev. 01/06/06

Posted: 01/31/06