Description
This course combines lecture and lab activities to establish the parameters that a paramedic operates within the pre-hospital setting. The paramedic’s scope of practice includes basic and advanced skills. In this course students will practice and demonstrate the safe and correct methods for immobilization, bleeding control, patient assessment for patients of all ages, medication administration, IV and IO therapy, and airway management. This course is also an in-depth study of the pathophysiology of airway disorders. Topics include the physiology, assessment, and treatment of airway disorders, basic and advanced airway management procedures, and provides the student with knowledge about the principles of pharmacology and medication administration. This course provides students with knowledge, responsibilities, and accountability in the administration of medications across the lifespan.