EMS 229 — EMS 229
Paramedic Lab 1 – 5 Credits Prerequisite: Current New Mexico AEMT licensure; Acceptance into the program. During this course students’ progress through skill demon - stration, skill practice, skill mastery evaluation, patient care scenarios, and scripted simulations. Skills are tracked according to the Student Minimum Competency require - ments. Demonstration of Competency is evaluated in the following topic areas: leadership and participation, assess - ment and response, patient assessment skills, airway skills, medication administration skills, and trauma skills. Attain - ment of competencies is tracked via an online tracking program. Assessment is completed though both peer and faculty evaluation. Skill and patient encounter documenta - tion is continued in the clinical and capstone field intern - ship phases of the Program. The laboratory phase requires application of knowledge gained in the classroom and inde - pendent learning to the psychomotor domain. Affective performance is also measured. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EMS