EMS-203 Paramedic III

Credits: 7
Contact Hours: Lec 5 Lab 4 Practicum 0
Tier Rate: Tier III
This course will present the student with clinical assessment and treatment of patients presenting with specific illness. Diseases of the eyes, ears, nose and throat, endocrine emergencies, hematologic, immunologic, infectious disease, abdominal and gastrointestinal, genitourinary, geriatric, and special challenge patients will be included. Additionally students will be presented with a comprehensive insight into traumatic injury. Assessment, and management of trauma to include blunt, penetrating, soft-tissue, burn, musculoskeletal, head, face, neck, spinal, thoracic, and abdominal trauma, the epidemiology of trauma, as well as hemorrhage and shock will be included. Prerequisite(s): EMS 202.