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Summer 2022
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| EMSA 1501 - Advance EMT Medical Emergencie |
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The Advanced EMT Medical Emergencies is the one of two lecture courses which includes basic and limited advanced skills focused on the acute management and transportation of critical and emergent patients. This course includes the following topics: Emergency Medical Responder and Emergency Medical Technician- National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilities of the AEMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, medical/legal/ethical considerations, anatomy and physiology, life span development, pathophysiology, patient assessment, critical thinking, airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, and behavioral emergencies.
The outcomes presented in EMSA 1501 and EMSA 1502 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.
Program Prerequisites: Admission to the Program.
Corequisites: EMSA 1201 and EMSA 1111
In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the Curriculum lead for the discipline.
Participants must achieve a “C” or better to progress in each EMT course and to successfully complete the program of study. Please see Criteria: State of Tennessee, Division of EMS Rule (1200-12-1-.04 and 1200-12-1-.13) pursuant to T.C.A. Tile 68, Chapter 140.
5.000 Credit hours 5.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Nursing Department Course Attributes: Certifications 2, Lrning Communities Curricular |
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