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EMSA 1502 - Adv EMT Trauma/Med Emergencies |
The Advanced EMT Trauma and Medical Emergencies is 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: obstetrics and gynecology, neonatal care, pediatric emergencies, geriatric emergencies, environmental emergencies, patients with special challenges, EMS operations, trauma and shock. Trauma and shock will include the following topics: bleeding, soft tissue injuries, head & spine injuries, face & neck injuries, chest injuries, abdominal & genitourinary injuries, and orthopedic injuries.
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The outcomes presented in EMSA 1501 and EMSA 1502 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.
Prerequisite: Admission to the EMT Program
Corequisites: EMSA 1501, EMSA 1202, and EMSA 1112 depending
on delivery schedule.
In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the Department 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 |