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COURSE SYLLABUS 1. TITLE OF COURSE: EMT INTERMEDIATE REFRESHER PREFIX/NUMBER: EMS 206 CREDIT HOURS: 3 2. PREREQUISITE: EMS 205 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. This is the continuation of EMS 205. 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 Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 Ch. 32 Neonatal Resus. 2 Ch. 33 Pre-PALS Mod 8 Exam 2 Ch. 30 PALS 4 PALS text Week 2 PALS 4 PALS text Topic Hrs Readings/assignment PALS 4 PALS text PALS PALS test will count as Mod 9!!! 4 PALS text Week 3 Medical Emergencies Hrs Readings/assignment RespiratoryEmergencies 4 Ch. 20 Week 4 Endocrine emergencies 2 Ch. 22 Week 5 Abdominal EM. 2 Ch. 24 Behavioral EM. 2 Ch. 34 Week 6 Allergic reaction 2 Ch. 25 Poisoning/O.D. 2 Ch. 26 Week 7 Clinical Rotations as Assigned 8 Week 8 Geriatrics…Environmental EM. 4 Ch. 28&29 Week 9 Mod 10 Exam….Assessment based managementLab 4 Week 10 Clinical Rotations as Assigned 8 Week 11 Clinical Rotations as Assigned 8 Week 12 Assessment based managementLab 3 Week 13 Final Written Exam 2 Final Practical Exam 6 Internship Assignments throughout the course. 45 Assigned Clincial Notebook NOTE: In addition to the assignments listed herein, students are required to complete an additional 52 contact hours of clinical internship in the hospital emergency department, intensive care unit, obstetrics, and field rides with American Medical Response. 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. 10. 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.
COURSE SYLLABUS
1.
TITLE OF COURSE:
PREFIX/NUMBER:
EMS 206
CREDIT HOURS:
2.
PREREQUISITE:
3.
RESOURCES NEEDED:
TEXT:
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. This is the continuation of EMS 205.
6.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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.
Overall student academic scores will be calculated as follows:
Skills
Pass/Fail
Clinical
Topic
Hrs
Readings/assignment
Week 1
Obstetrics and Gynecology
4
Ch. 32
Neonatal Resus.
2
Ch. 33
Pre-PALS
Mod 8 Exam
Ch. 30
PALS
PALS text
Week 2
PALS test will count as Mod 9!!!
Week 3
Medical Emergencies
RespiratoryEmergencies
Ch. 20
Week 4
Endocrine emergencies
Ch. 22
Week 5
Abdominal EM.
Ch. 24
Behavioral EM.
Ch. 34
Week 6
Allergic reaction
Ch. 25
Poisoning/O.D.
Ch. 26
Week 7
Clinical Rotations as Assigned
8
Week 8
Geriatrics…Environmental EM.
Ch. 28&29
Week 9
Mod 10 Exam….Assessment based managementLab
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Assessment based managementLab
3
Week 13
Final Written Exam
Final Practical Exam
6
Internship Assignments throughout the course.
45
Assigned Clincial Notebook
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.
10.
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.