2016-2017 Catalog

EMS 235 Paramedic Trauma Emergencies

4 Credit hours      60 Contact hours

Expands on the paramedic student's knowledge of trauma emergencies with the integration of assessment findings in formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan for an acutely injured patient. The course will provide an in depth evaluation of trauma to include: categorization of trauma patients, incidence of trauma, trauma systems, types of injury, trauma assessment, documentation in trauma, trauma scoring scales, trauma center designations, and transfer of patients.

Prerequisite

Permission of the department.

Corequisite

EMS 225, EMS 226, EMS 229, and EMS 233. (Students must enroll in the same section as EMS 225 for a total of 16 credits.)