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COURSE OBJECTIVES ARE WRITTEN TO CONFORM WITH THOSE STANDARDS OUTLINED
IN CHAPTER 1260 OF THE STATUTES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE AND
TITLE 22 DIVISION 9, PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE
CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
OBJECTIVES LISTED ARE FOR THE EIGHT STATE MANDATED MODULES:
At the completion of the course, the paramedic student will be able to:
1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of a Paramedic within an EMS
System.
2. Apply the basic concepts of development, pathophysiology and
pharmacology to assessment and management of patients with a medical or
trauma emergency patients
3. Calculate formulas and demonstrate administration of medications within
scope of practice
4. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with patients
and members of health care team
5. Discuss and demonstrate establishing and /or maintaining a patent
airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient
6. Define and apply components of medical history and examination to a
patient with a medical or traumatic emergency
7. Perform a comprehensive physical history and exam on any emergency
patient
8. Integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to
formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the
adult or pediatric trauma patient, medical patient or chronically ill
patient
9. Identify components of scene safety and management
10. Recognize components of 12 Lead EKG and its significance in pre-
hospital care
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Module 1: Prehospital Care Environment
a. Roles and Responsibilities
b. Importance of Personal Wellness
c. Injury Prevention Activities to reduce death, disabilities and
health care cost.
d. Legal Issues as they apply to out-of-hospital environment
e. Ethics and Decision making as they apply to out-of-hospital
environment
f. Assessment and Management of emergency patients
g. Formulating a field impression and implementing a
pharmacologic management plan
h. Accessing the venous circulation and administering medications
i. Effective communication with patients while providing care
j. Physiological, psychological, and sociological changes
throughout human development with assessment and communication
strategies for patients of all ages
Module 2: Airway Management
a. Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
b. Basic and advanced life support - airway adjuncts
c. Principles of oxygenation and ventilation
d. Intubation and maintaining airways
Module 3: Patient Assessment
a. Techniques to obtain a medical history from patient
b. Pathophysiological significance of physical exams findings
c. Principles of history taking and techniques of physical exam
to perform patient assessment
d. Clinical decision making to help form field impression
e. Verbal dissemination of patient information, in person or
over radio
f. Effective documentation of patient assessment, care and
transport
Module 4: Trauma Patient
a. Pathophysological significance of traumatic injuries
b. Principles of kinematics to enhance the patient assessment and predict
injuries based on the mechanism of injury
c. Recognition and treatment plan for the patient with:
1. shock or hemorrhage
2. soft tissue injury
3. burn injury
4. suspected head injury
5. suspected spinal injury
6. thoracic injury
7. suspected abdominal trauma
8. musculskeletal inury
Module 5: Medical Patient
a. Anatomy and physiological review of systems
b. Recognition and treatment plan for the patient with
1. respiratory problem
2. cardiovascular disease
3. neurological problem
4. endocrine problem
5. allergic or anaphylactic reaction
6. gastroenterologic problem
7. renal or urologic problem
8. toxic exposure
9. hematopoietic system problem
10.environmentally induced or exacerbated medical or traumatic
condition
11.infectious and communicable diseases
12.behavioral emergencies
13.gynecological emergency
14.normal or abnormal labor
Module 6: Patient with special needs treatment plan for
1. the neonatal patient
2. the pediatric patient
3. the geriatric patient
4. the patient who has sustained abuse or
assault
5. for diverse patients and those who face
physical, mental, social and financial challenges
6. the acute deterioration of chronic care
patient
Module 7: Scene management
a. Safe and effective ground and air medical transport
b. Multiple casualty incident management techniques
c. Rescue awareness from water, hazardous atmospheres, trenches,
highways and hazardous terrain
d. Hazardous materials emergencies
e. Safe operation at crime scenes and other emergencies
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Publishing
Cherry, Drug Guide for Paramedic, 2001 Prentice-Hall Publishing
Walraven, Basic Arrhythmias 1999, 5th ed, Prentice-Hall Publishing
Burns, Pathophycology, 1998, Appleton & Lange Publishing
Gausche-Hill, Pediatric Education for PreHospital Professionals, 2001,
Jones& Bartlett
Instructor prepared materials.