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2015-2016 Official General Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PMD 215 and 215 L - Advance Prehospital Operations and Integrated Care


This fifth course in an Emergency Medical Technician’s progression to Critical Care Technician or Paramedic covers the integration of pathophysiological principals and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement advanced treatment for a variety of complex medical patients.  This course concludes with an in-depth review and discussion of triage and the National Incident Management System.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prequisites for this course are:  Successful completion of PMD 214 & 214L or permission of the instructor.

General prerequisites include:  A currently valid New York State EMT certificate, field experience, and successful completion of instructor approved course work in human anatomy and physiology, e.g. BIO 131 and BIO 132.

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class hours; 1.5 Laboratory hours; 2 Clinical hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes for this course:

Upon successful completion of this course, following classroom didactic, affective and psychomotor education along with the completion of clinical time each student will be able to:

1.  Synthesize pathophysiological principles with basic and advanced assessment findings to articulate a field impression, and subsequently develop and implement a treatment plan for:
          a.  Seizure
          b.  Cerebral vascular accident
          c.  Transient ischemic attack
          d.  Diabetic emergency
          e.  Acute coronary syndrome of various etiologies
2.  Safely manage a patient who is the victim of a sexual assault recognizing the patient’s physical and emotional needs along with preservation of crime scene evidence.
3.  Consistently demonstrate simple triage and rapid transport principles at a mass casualty incident.
4.  Complete NIMS certification at the ICS 200 level.