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COURSE SYLLABUS

1.

TITLE OF COURSE:

 EMT Intermediate I

PREFIX/NUMBER:

EMS 205

CREDIT HOURS:

 8.0

2.

PREREQUISITE:

 EMS 125 or Current EMT-B Certification

3.

RESOURCES NEEDED:

  
 

TEXT:

 Paramedic Emergency Care

Paramedic Emergency Care Student Workbook

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Textbook

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Textbook

ECG’s Made Easy

 

SUPPLIES:

Medical disposable supplies, training equipment as required by the State of Colorado Health & Environment Department

4.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  

5.

COURSE GOAL:

Successful completion of the goals & objectives as required by the Colorado Health & Environment Department. Successful state certification for EMT-I level of practice.

6.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

(A) Understand the anatomy & function of the human body as it relates to the provision of advanced life support care in the prehospital environment.
(B) Understand the signs & symptoms of fluid loss/dehydration.
(C) Demonstrate the appropriate technique to initiate peripheral IV therapy, using crystalloid solutions, in the pre-hospital environment.
(D) Understand the pathophysiology of various common medical emergencies and provide appropriate pharmacological support and care in the prehospital environment.
(E) Demonstrate the appropriate technique to provide advanced life support care during a cardiac arrest, including ECG monitoring, pharmacological intervention, and defibrillation.
(F) Demonstrate the successful completion of a minimum of ten (10) venipunctures in the clinical environment.
(G) Demonstrate the successful completion of 5 IV drug administrations in the clinical environment.
(H) Demonstrate the successful intubation of 5 live patients in the clinical environment.
(I) Successful completion of Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Prehospital Trauma Life Support.

7.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

Providing emergency medical care is an important responsibility. It is important to insure that the provider has gained the necessary knowledge to provide these services in a competent manner. Students are evaluated based upon their didactic knowledge, skill performance, and attitude towards patients, peers, and instructors. Failure to meet the minimum requirements in any of these areas will result in non-completion of the course.

 Each block of the EMT-Intermediate course is evaluated through a written and practical skills examination. Each written block exam consists of fifty (50) questions. These questions are true/false, multiple choice, matching, and situational type questions. Each evaluation is cumulative. This means that in addition to the new material contained within each block, the evaluation may also contain questions from previous blocks. Students are required to score a minimum of 75% on each written evaluation. Students failing to meet this standard may re-take a maximum of two (2) block written evaluations. Failure to meet the 75% on any re-test will result in non-completion of the course. The final course examination will consist of one hundred and fifty (150) questions. The minimum passing score will be 75%. Students failing to meet this score may re-take the final written examination one (1) time.

 Skill evaluations are graded on a pass/fail basis. Students who fail to successfully complete any single module skills evaluation may re-take the evaluation one (1) time under a different skills examiner. Failure of the re-test will result in review by the Primary Instructor, Course Coordinator, and Course Medical Director. This review may result in the student’s failure to complete the course.
At the option of the Primary Instructor, or Course Coordinator, quizzes may be given at various times throughout the course. These quizzes are designed to be learning opportunities for each student. Quizzes will not be more than twenty-five (25) questions and will count for no more than 10% of the student’s final score.

Overall student academic scores will be calculated as follows:

Quizzes 10%
Module Evaluations 50%
Final Evaluation 40%

Skills

Pass/Fail

Clinical

Pass/Fail

NOTE: Students must pass all module evaluations, final evaluations, skills evaluations, and clinical rotations in order to successfully complete the course.
8. COURSE OUTLINE:

Topic

Hrs

Readings/assignment

 Week 1

Introduction/overview/Orientation

1.5

  
 

Well Being of the EMT-I /Roles & Responsibilities EMS Systems

3.0

Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 27

 

Overview of Human Systems

4

Ch. 9

 Week 2

Medical Terminology Medical Legal

4

Ch. 3 Ch. 8

 

Basic Airway and Ventilation Lab

Competence evaluation

1.5

Ch. 11

 

Advanced Airway and Ventilation Lecture

Introduction to Endotracheal Intubation

2.5

Ch. 11

 Week 3

Intubation

2

Ch. 11

 

Quiz 1

1

  
 

Module One Exam
Review Test

1.5

  
 

Fluids & Electrolytes

2.5

Ch. 12

 Week 4

IV and Fluid Therapy

4

Ch. 12

 

Shock

1.5

Ch. 12

 

Acid Base
Quiz 2

2.5

Ch. 12

 Week 5

Module Two Exam

1.5

  
 

Intro to Pharmacology

2.5

Ch. 13

 

Respiratory Pharm.

2

Ch. 13

 

Cardiac Pharm.

2

Ch. 13

 Week 6

Pharmacology cont.
Quiz 3

4

Ch. 13

 

Module three Exam
Review Test

2

  
 Week 7

Cardiovascular EM.

3

Ch. 21

 

Cardiovascular Disease

1

Ch. 21

 

Intro to EKG

2

Ch. 21

 

Sinus Rhythms

2

Ch. 21

 Week 8

EKG Lab

1.5

Ch. 21

 

Atrial Rhythms

2

Ch. 21

 

Junctional Rhythms

2

Ch. 21

 

Ventricular Rhythms

2

Ch. 21

 Week 9

EKG Defibrillation
Putting it all together

2

Ch. 21

 

AV blocks

2

Ch. 21

 

Lab & Review… Quiz 4

2

Ch. 21

 

Module four Exam
Review Test

2

  
 Week 10

ACLS

4

ACLS text

 

ACLS

4

ACLS text

 

Topic

Hrs

Readings/assignment

 

ACLS

4

ACLS text

 

ACLS
ACLS test will count as Mod 5!!!

4

ACLS text

 Week 12

Pt. Assessment
Hx taking

1

Ch. 10

 

Pt. Assessment

Pt. Assessment Lab

3

Ch. 10

 

Tech. of PE

2

Ch. 10

 

Clinical Decision Making
Quiz6

2

Ch. 10

 Week 13

THANKSGIVING

2

  
 

NO CLASS

2

  

Week 14

Module 6 Exam…Review Exam

1

  
 

Documentation/ Communication

3

Ch. 4

 

PHTLS

4

PHTLS text

 Week 15

PHTLS

4

PHTLS text

 

PHTLS

4

PHTLS text

 Week 16

PHTLS

PHTLS test will count as Mod 7!!!

4

PHTLS text

 

Semester Final

3

  

9.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

 

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

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ADA NOTICE:

 

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.