EMS 211 Emergency Medical Technician II (5 credits)
Prerequisite EMS 210 with at least a 2.0 grade and concurrent enrollment in EMT 210.
Course Description
Course will build on foundational practices of EMS 210 as students begin to develop additional tools to determine the nature of illness, along with the implementation and analyzation of treatments during various medical emergencies. Students will demonstrate cognitive and practical understanding in both group and individual evaluations.
Course Content
A. Patient assessment and monitoring: Students will develop proficiency with the skills of assessing various medical emergencies.
B. Medical overview: Review of basic anatomy as well as a more comprehensive look into of the body systems to include the following: cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, abdominal and genitourinary, endocrine and hematologic emergencies, gynecologic and immunologic emergencies.
C. Toxicology: An overview of how poisons affect the body, and how to treat and differentiate between different toxins present
D. Psychiatric emergencies: A look into various mental health conditions, how they may present in patients, how to deescalate a situation with effective communication, and how to properly protect against a violent, aggressive, or combative patient.
E. Trauma introduction/overview: An introduction to trauma with an overview of the following traumatic injuries with treatment modalities: Chest trauma, Orthopedic and soft tissue injuries, and head neck and spinal column trauma.
Student Outcomes
1. Assess, evaluate and differentiate proper treatment modalities based on the signs and symptoms of nature of illness.
2. Identify different medical emergencies and the evaluation of the nature of illness.
3. Demonstrate how to properly determine course of treatment for patients after completing a thorough patient assessment and determine the appropriate destination.
4. Apply fundamental knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and treatment modalities to cardiac failure or arrest, respiratory failure or arrest, and shock management.
5. Form a treatment plan for traumatic injuries in relation to mechanism of injury based on the index of suspicion as it relates to unseen life-threatening injuries.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
1. Evaluate for and address potential hazards to the patient(s), civilians, and emergency management team during an emergency.
2. Access and utilize knowledge necessary to conduct a patient evaluation and administer emergency treatment short of those rendered by advanced life support personnel.
3. Effectively operate and care for equipment used in emergency patient care.
4. Operate as an emergency service provider using sound judgment; applying rationality, self-awareness, critical thinking and discipline in responding to emergency situations.
5. Communicate essential continuing patient care information to advanced life support personnel.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 31
Lab Contact Hours 38
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 69
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