Special Patient Populations

This course provides a fundamental knowledge of growth, development, and aging and assessment findings to provide basic emergency care and transportation for a patient with special needs.Topics include:Obstetrics, Gynecology, Neonatal Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Patients with Special Challenges, and Special Patient Populations – 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