EMS 242: PARAMEDIC PATIENT ASSESSMENT

Credits 2
This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to perform a comprehensive patient assessment, make initial management decisions, and to communicate assessment findings and patient care verbally and in writing. Content areas include: airway management, history taking, techniques of the physical examination, patient assessment, clinical decision making, communications, documentation and assessment based management.
Prerequisites
BIO 201, EMS 106, 189, and current Alabama AEMT license.
Corequisites
EMS 240, 241, 244, and 257