May 08, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PMD-1100 Paramedic Clinical Experience II


Credits 4
Supervised experience is provided in the hospital, field, and specialty areas, correlating with knowledge, skills, and techniques presented in PMD-1000 , PMD-1010 , PMD-1020 , PMD-1030 , PMD-2010 , and PMD-2030 . Emphasis is placed on patient assessment, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, special patient populations, and shock and trauma.
Prerequisite(s): PMD-1000 , PMD-1010 , PMD-1020 , and PMD-1050 .
Corequisite(s): PMD-1030 , PMD-2010 , and PMD-2030 .
16 clinical hours/week.
(Offered fall only.)

Course Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate methods of assessment and management of a patient with a medical emergency, including identification and significance of pathophysiological assessment findings, as prescribed in the current paramedic national education standards.
  2. Demonstrate assessment and management of a patient with a medical emergency, including advanced airway placement and management; establishment of vascular access; medication administration; and, operation of current standard patient monitoring devices, as prescribed in the current paramedic national education standards.
  3. Identify indications, contraindications, side effects, and responses associated with the application of patient care processes, including advanced airway placement and management; establishment of vascular access; medication administration; and, operation of current standard patient monitoring devices, as prescribed in the current paramedic national education standards.
  4. Perform documentation of patient assessment and management, as it relates to the application of clinical skills, including the associated data entry.
  5. Disseminate patient information in verbal form, either in person or through radio/phone communication, as prescribed in the current paramedic national education standards.




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