EMSA 1501 - Advanced EMT Medical Emergencies

Credits: 5

The Advanced EMT Medical Emergencies is the one of two lecture courses which includes basic and limited advanced skills focused on the acute management and transportation of critical and emergent patients. This course includes the following topics: Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and Emergency Medical Technician-National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilities of the AEMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, medical/ legal/ethical considerations, anatomy and physiology, life span development, pathophysiology, patient assessment, critical thinking, airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, and behavioral emergencies. (NT)

Lecture Hours: 75

Corequisite(s): EMSA 1111, EMSA 1112, EMSA 1201, EMSA 1202, and EMSA 1502