2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PARM 221 - Ambulance Internship
PREREQUISITES: PARM 219 - Clinical Application III
PROGRAM: Paramedic Science
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 6
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 0.5
LAB HOURS MIN: 0.5
INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP HOURS MAX: 0.5
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
Students will participate in a field internship that provides on the job experience in all phases of pre-hospital advanced life support. All skills tested by the National Registry Exam will be formally reviewed and practiced. A general review of the total paramedic curriculum will be presented. Student’s practical skills experienced through Clinical Application I, Clinical Application II, Clinical Application III, and this course must demonstrate competency in the objectives listed as required by the Current National Standard Curriculum. This is a capstone course of the paramedic curriculum.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
Demonstrate the ability and be competent to:
PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS
- Safely administer medications.
- Safely perform endotracheal intubation.
- Safely gain venous access in all age group patients.
- Effectively ventilate intubated patients of all age groups.
AGES
- Perform a comprehensive assessment on pediatric patients.
- Perform a compressive assessment on adult patients.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment on geriatric patients.
PATHOLOGIES
- Perform a comprehensive assessment on obstetric patients.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment on trauma patients.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment on psychiatric patients.
COMPLAINTS
- Perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with chest pain.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for adult patients and pediatric patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with syncope.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with abdominal complaints i.e. abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, GI bleeding, gynecological complaint, etc.
- Perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with altered mental status.
TEAM LEADER SKILLS
“A minimum of fifty successful runs (ALS/BLS) as the team leader as mandated by the NEMS Educational Standards with the minimum number of ALS runs determined by the Medical Director and Program Chair. In no case will the number of ALS runs be less than ten.”
The complete list of instructional guidelines can be located at the following link: http://www.ems.gov/pdf/811077e.pdf
GRADING POLICY
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100 -94 |
| B |
93 - 86 |
| C |
85 - 80 |
| D |
79 -75 |
| F |
74 - Below |
Eligibility to sit for the certification or licensure exam will be determined by the region’s program chair based on successful completion of all program requirements, as well as the program’s medical director based on the student’s competency as required by the program’s accrediting body.
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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