EMS 242: PARAMEDIC PATIENT ASSESSMENT

Credits 2 Lab Hours 1 Theory Hours 1
Contact Hours
2

This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to perform a comprehensive patient assessment, make initial management decisions, and to communicate assessment findings and patient care verbally and in writing. Content areas include: airway management, history taking, techniques of the physical examination, patient assessment, clinical decision making, communications, documentation and assessment based management.

Prerequisites

Admission to program. 

Corequisites

EMS 241, 242, 244, & 257.