EMS 545 - NSC Paramedic II

13 credits

This course provides education to the paramedic health professional whose primary focus is to respond to, assess and triage emergent, urgent and non-urgent requests for medical care; apply basic and advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiologic, psychological, and psychosocial needs; administer medications, interpret and use diagnostic findings to implement treatment; provide complex patient care; and facilitate referrals and/or access to a higher level of care when the needs of the patient exceed the capability level of the paramedic. This course will prepare Paramedics to be competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.

Prerequisite:
EMS 540, EMS 541, EMS 810, EMS 820

Corequisite:
EMS 825, EMS 546, EMS 815, EMS 547

Semester Typically Offered:
Spring Only