EMS269 — Trauma Patient Management in Paramedicine
EMS 269 - Trauma Patient Management in Paramedicine EMS 269 - Trauma Patient Management in Paramedicine Description: Provides an overview of transport operations, incident management, multi casualty incidents, extraction, special rescue, hazardous material incidents, terrorism incidents, and disaster response. Provide an overview of pathophysiologic principles, epidemiology, comprehensive assessment, differential diagnosis, and pharmacology for various trauma conditions. Prepares students to implement a management plan in the paramedic scope of practice for hemorrhage, soft tissue trauma, burns, face and neck trauma, head and spine trauma, chest trauma, abdominal and genitourinary trauma, orthopedic trauma, and environmental emergencies. A-F grading only. Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Course Content: Paramedic’s operational roles and responsibilities: transport operations, incident management, multi-casualty incidents, extraction, special rescue, hazardous materials, terrorism incidents, and disaster response Triage principles and practice Comprehensive assessment: pathophysiology, epidemiology, technology (diagnostics and other monitoring and diagnostic devices), techniques, trauma conditions, and environmental emergencies (hemorrhage, soft tissue trauma, burns, face and neck trauma, head and spine trauma, chest trauma, abdominal and genitourinary trauma, orthopedic trauma, and environmental emergencies) Formulate a differential diagnosis Management plan: pharmacologic agents, trauma co