EMSP2454

This course is the third in a series intended to prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains in a supervised clinical setting. Rotations in this course include the emergency department, specialty hospital units, and prehospital shifts. Under the supervision of the field preceptors, students must demonstrate patient care competence and proficiency of skills.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Identify and describe a broad range of medical or traumatic emergencies which present to the student.
• Perform a thorough interview and assessments with diverse medical or trauma complaints in the field setting.
• Articulate a complete treatment plan for patients in the students care.
• Describe how treatments rendered for patient care relate to the care provided by paramedics.
• Describe clinical interactions, including a presumptive diagnosis with treatments performed, in an appropriate format
• Perform patient care as appropriate for a paramedic (under the supervision of a paramedic/nurse/physician) for patients in the care of the student.