Adv Patient Care for AEMT

This course provides opportunities to apply fundamental knowledge of basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for the following: an acutely ill patient; a patient in shock, respiratory failure or arrest, cardiac failure or arrest, and post resuscitation management; and an acutely injured patient. In addition it provides a fundamental knowledge of growth, development, and aging and assessment findings to provide basic and selected advanced emergency care and transportation for a patient with special needs. Topics include: Geriatrics; Patients with Special Challenges; Medical Overview; Neurology; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Endocrine Disorders; Cardiovascular; Toxicology; Respiratory; Hematology; Genitourinary/Renal; Shock and Resuscitation; Chest Trauma; Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma; Orthopedic Trauma; Head, Facial, Neck, and Spine Trauma: Nervous System Trauma; and Integration of Medical/Trauma Assessments.

Required textbooks and materials (the following are one-time purchases required for all classes in the program):

• Advanced EMT: A Clinical Reasoning Approach, ISBN 978-0135030431, $141
• Advanced Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured: Student Workbook, ISBN 978-0763792640, $82.64
• EMS Field Guide, $25
• Uniform, $115