EMSP-1501 Emergency Medical Technician
John Hardy
Alina Heinrich
John Hardy
Mark Vasquez
Mark Hawkins
Saberian Younger
Christopher Scully
Alina Heinrich
Wilson Campbell
Travis Willgren
Tiffany Wang
Credit Spring 2023
Section(s)
EMSP-1501-001 (55521)
LEC MW 5:30pm - 7:00pm EVC EVC9 9109
LAB MW 7:00pm - 10:00pm EVC EVC9 9123
Course Requirements
Course grades for EMSP 1501 are determined using the following combination of module exams, quizzes, homework, final exam, competencies, and completions: GRADE ITEMIZATION • Preparatory Module Exam (14%) • Trauma Module Exam (14%) • Medical Module Exam (14%) • Special Patients/Operations Module Exam (14%) • Combined Quiz, SOAPE Documentation, Skills Folder, Homework, & Other Average (14%) • Scenario-Based Trauma Patient Assessment (5%) • Scenario-Based Medical Patient Assessment (5%) • Final Exam (20%)
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES / SKILLS • CPR Competency Quiz: 25 Question Multiple Choice (Pass/Fail with a passing score of 88% or better) • Pharmacology Competency Quiz: 25 Question Multiple Choice (Pass/Fail with a passing score of 90% or better) • Jurisprudence Competency Quiz: 10 Questions Multiple Choice (Pass/Fail with a passing score of 80% or better) • Completion of Skills Folder (Pass/Fail) • Summative Skills Competency Testing (Pass/Fail) • Documentation Writing Competency (must earn 2 – 90%’s out of a total of 6 tries max) • Completion of All EMSP 1160 Requirement
Readings
Course Texts • Mistovitch, J. and Karren, K. (2011). Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. REQUIRED (digital copy of text is allowed) • Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Ed. Workbook OPTIONAL AND RECOMMENDED • EMSP Master Handbook (available for free download online by clicking the link). • 1160 Clinical packet (provided)
Course Subjects
Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes At the completion of this course, you should be able to: • Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system. • Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of EMTs. • Perform the roles and responsibilities of an EMT with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others. • Perform the duties of an EMT with regard for medical-legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the scope of practice. • Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, life-span development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients. • Identify the need for, and perform, immediately life-saving interventions to manage a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation. • Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions, and traumatic injuries. • Apply principles of emergency medical services operations, including considerations in ambulance and air medical transportation, multiple-casualty incidents, gaining access to and extricating patients, hazardous materials incidents, and responding to situations involving weapons of mass destruction.
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes At the completion of this course, you should be able to: • Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system. • Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of EMTs. • Perform the roles and responsibilities of an EMT with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others. • Perform the duties of an EMT with regard for medical-legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the scope of practice. • Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, life-span development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients. • Identify the need for, and perform, immediately life-saving interventions to manage a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation. • Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions, and traumatic injuries. • Apply principles of emergency medical services operations, including considerations in ambulance and air medical transportation, multiple-casualty incidents, gaining access to and extricating patients, hazardous materials incidents, and responding to situations involving weapons of mass destruction.
Office Hours
W 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Adjunct Office
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