EMS 280 — Critical Care Transport
PENDING ICCB APPROVAL: provides classroom and laboratory instruction in the theory and practice of critical care transport. Students are required to demonstrate competency in advanced airway management, pathophysiology, critical care pharmacology, mechanical ventilation, patient assessment, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, special populations, and critical care transport operations. Meets initial Advanced Formal Education requirement for IDPH Tier III Critical Care Transport. This course is applicable toward all basic certificates, AAS, ALS; areas of concentration include emergency medical services (credit hours 7.0, lecture hours 6.0, lab hours 2.0).
Prerequisites: ENGL 101, MATH 110