2023-2024 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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PMD 223 - Paramedic Trauma Care
This eighth course in an Emergency Medical Technician’s or this third course in a Critical Care Technician’s progression to Paramedic covers advanced preparatory concepts such as well-being of the paramedic, roles and responsibilities, medical legal and ethical issues. The majority of this course is devoted to pathophysiology, patient assessment and advanced management of a trauma patient and concludes with complex trauma scenarios requiring efficient synthesis of knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisites: PMD 222 Paramedic Care of Cardiovascular & Special Patient Populations
Credits: 4
Hours
3 Class hours; 1.5 Laboratory hours; 3 Clinical hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of 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. Describe the paramedic’s professional and community responsibilities with respect to:
a. Continuing education
b. Continuous EMS improvement
c. Injury prevention
2. Recall and discuss common out-of-hospital issues with respect to:
a. Laws and regulations
b. Medical ethics
c. Personal ethics
d. On- and off-line medical control
e. Patient advocacy
3. Synthesize pathophysiological principles with basic and advanced assessment findings to articulate a field impression, and subsequently develop and implement a treatment plan for the patient with:
a. Multi-system trauma
b. Extensive soft tissue trauma
c. Suspected spinal injury
d. Complex musculoskeletal injury
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