EMSP 1356 Patient Assessment and Airway Management

Knowledge and skills required to perform patient assessment, airway management, and artificial ventilation.

Semester Hours

3

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

2

Prerequisite

Certified as EMT, EMSP 1501, EMSP 1160

Corequisite

MDCA 1348, EMSP 1338, EMSP 1355, and EMSP 1263.

End-of-Course Outcomes

Perform a history and comprehensive physical exam on various patient populations; establish and/or maintain a patient airway; and demonstrate oxygenation and ventilation of a patient; differentiate respiratory distress, failure and arrest; interpret results of monitoring devices. Certified as EMT.