This class is an introductive course into the language of medicine. The student will learn the meaning of over 20,000 medical terms. Consent of supervising faculty members May be repeated for credit Hours per week to be arranged Designed to offer credit in a specialty area where teaching, administrative or organizational experiences are providing for individual students in the area of Health Science. National EMT-Ambulance exams given upon completion. Situations move from field to ambulance to emergency department.
Emphasis is on working with a partner and aggressive treatment and transport.
Situations move from field to ambulance to emergency department. Emphasis is on team leader experience, scene control, use of personnel, aggressive treatment and transport. Two lab hours per week Assessment and management of neonate, pediatric, geriatric, special patients, challenged patients, and abused and assault patients. Pathophysiology, assessment and management of patients with medical disorders and emergencies. Only Pathophysiology, assessment including 12 lead ECG evaluation and management of cardiac and respiratory emergencies.