EMS 248 — Community Paramedicine II
This course is designed to provide students, through lecture, lab andsimulation experiences, the knowledge and skills needed to performadvanced community paramedic assessments and interventions. Thiscourse includes an intense lab experience that simulates professionalpractice. Students will learn about high-risk patient populations, healthpromotion and injury prevention strategies, chronic diseasemanagement, and community needs assessment. Students enrolled inthis course will also have the opportunity to present their capstoneproject worked on throughout the program. EMS 249 Diagnostics for Community Paramedicine2 credits (30 lecture hours) This course provides the student with a greater understanding ofvarious diagnostic modalities utilized for the ongoing management ofacute and subacute patient populations and chronic diseasemanagement. Students enrolled in this course will gain greaterknowledge related to laboratory testing and analysis, radiographicimaging, and bedside diagnostic assessments and interventions. EMS 250 Pharmacology for Community Paramedicine 2 credits (30 lecture hours) This course provides the student with pharmacological principles andknowledge needed for the safe and effective management andadministration of medications by the community paramedic provider.This course will provide an overview of the pharmacodynamics,pharmacokinetics and profiles of major medication classes utilized inchronic disease management and those common to the communityparamedic p