Introduction to Paramedicine and Medical Emergencies

Introduces the paramedic student to the roles and responsibilities central to the delivery of emergency pre-hospital advanced life support-level care. Includes paramedic and technical report writing, laws governing practice, psychosocial issues and ethical considerations and aspects of the pre-hospital EMT systems and emergency field communications. Provides knowledge and skills essential to advanced life support care of patients with medical emergencies. Covers cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous system, endocrinology, allergies-anaphylaxis, gastroenterology, urinary/nephrology, and hematology as a physiologic base for assessment and intervention.