EMS 2588 - Paramedic Patient Care Internship II
2 Credits
Provides competency-based clinical experiences in emergency medical services field response units, hospitals, health care clinics and other venues. Students perform advanced life support skills and patient assessments, formulate differential diagnoses, and direct patient care teams. Students function as advanced life support team leaders are under the supervision of a preceptor or instructor. To complete the requirements of the course students will need to receive a criminal background clearance. Please refer to the Criminal Background section of the catalog for more information on the criminal background study.
Pre-Requisites EMS 2560 , EMS 2570 , EMS 2488
Major Content Areas
Field Clinical Experience on ALS EMS response units.Hospital Clinical Experiences.Health Care and other related experiences.
Learning Outcomes
Effectively communicate in a manner that is culturally sensitive and intended to improve patient outcomeDemonstrate paramedic psychomotor skills within the National EMS Scope of Practice Model & State Scope of Practice at this level.Practice exemplary professional behavior, including integrity, empathy, self-motivation, self-confidence, respect and patient advocacy in the delivery of care to your patients. Demonstrate proper assessment and a comprehensive history examination in the clinical and prehospital setting under the direction of an assigned preceptor.Formulate a field impression based on an analysis of comprehensive assessment findings, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.Relate assessment findings to underlying pathological and physiological changes in the patient’s conditionInterpret and synthesize the multiple determinants for health and clinical care in the prehospital and clinical setting.
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