PARA 47101 Critical Care Paramedicine I

This course is one of two courses that together covers the Critical Care Paramedicine Curriculum. At the end of the two courses, students will have the didactic knowledge portion to sit for various Critical Care Certification examinations including Critical Care Paramedic – Certified and Flight Paramedic - Certified. Critical Care Paramedic I covers the following topics:

  • Medical Legal Issues
  • Patient Safety
  • Flight Physiology
  • Patient Assessment
  • Respiratory Management
  • Airway Management
  • Pharmacology
  • Laboratory Analysis
  • Shock
  • Resuscitation
  • Trauma
  • Neurology
  • Burns
  • Advanced 12-lead ECG Analysis
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Current Paramedic License/Certification or approval by the Paramedic Program Director.

Offered

Fall.