EMSE 1154 - Advanced Medical Emergencies II

1. Life Span Development
   1. Infancy
   2. Toddler
   3. School Age
   4. Adolescent
   5. Early adulthood
   6. Middle adulthood
   7. Late adulthood
2. Cultural Diversity
   1. Cultural diversity in patient population
   2. Changing community demographics
   3. Personal cultural identity
   4. Health traditions/religious laws
   5. Communication skills
   6. Cultural diversity issues
3. Death and Dying
   1. Legal documents
   2. Grief stages
   3. Imminent death
   4. Communication skills with grieving individuals
   5. Paramedic role
   6. Role of mortician/death investigators
   7. Diverse practices regarding death and dying
   8. Hospice
   9. End of life issues
4. Environmental Emergencies
   1. Pathophysiology
   2. Assessment and Management
   3. Submersion incidents
   4. Temperature-related illness
   5. Bites and envenomations
   6. Dysbarism
   7. Electrical injury
   8. High altitude illness
5. Infectious Diseases
   1. Anatomy and physiology
   2. Epidemiology
   3. Pathophysiology
   4. Psychosocial impact
   5. Prognosis and management
      1. Hepatitis
      2. HIV-related diseases
      3. Meningococcal meningitis
      4. Pneumonia
      5. TB
      6. Tetanus
      7. Rabies
      8. Viral diseases
      9. Sexually-transmitted diseases
      10. Scabies and lice
      11. Lyme disease
      12. Gastroenteritis
      13. Fungal infections
      14. Antibiotic-resistant infections
6. Neurology
   1. Anatomy and physiology
   2. Epidemiology
   3. Pathophysiology
   4. Psychosocial impact
   5. Presentations, prognosis, and management of
      1. Seizure
      2. Status epilepticus
      3. Stroke
      4. Transient ischemic attack
      5. Headache
      6. Cranial nerve disorders
      7. Spinal cord compression
      8. Demyelinating disorders
      9. Hydrocephalus
      10. Neurologic inflammation/infection
      11. Movement disorders
      12. Dementia
      13. Parkinsons disease
      14. Tumors
      15. Wernickes encephalopathy
7. Practicum Orientation
   1. Daily log of practicum experiences
   2. Weekly review of practicum goals and objectives
   3. Required evaluations and checklists
   4. Student evaluation of the practicum
8. Psychiatric
   1. Anatomy and physiology
   2. Epidemiology
   3. Pathophysiology
   4. Psychosocial impact
   5. Prognosis and management
      1. Acute psychosis
      2. Agitated delirium
      3. Addictive behavior
      4. Mood and thought disorders
      5. Factitious disorders
      6. Neurotic disorder
      7. Organic psychosis
      8. Patterns of violence/abuse/neglect
      9. Personality disorders
      10. Psychosomatic disorders
9. Therapeutic communications
   1. Communication
   2. Interviewing
   3. Factors affecting communication
   4. Non-verbal skills
   5. Special interview situations
10. Toxicology
    1. Anatomy and physiology
    2. Epidemiology
    3. Pathophysiology
    4. Psychosocial impact
    5. Prognosis and management
       1. Sympathomimetrics
       2. Sedative/hypnotics
       3. Opiates
       4. Anticholinergics
       5. Cholinergics
       6. Carbon monoxide
       7. Alcohol intoxication and withdrawal
       8. OTC and prescription medications
       9. Illegal drugs

1. develop, execute, and evaluate a treatment plan based on the field impression for the psychiatric patient.
2. demonstrate appropriate use of PPE in assessment and treatment of the infectious disease patient.
3. compare the physiological and psychosocial characteristics during the various stages of the life span.
4. develop, execute, and evaluate a treatment plan based on the field impression for the patient with non-traumatic neurologic emergencies.
5. develop, execute, and evaluate a treatment plan based on the field impression for the patient with environmental injuries.
6. perform a neurological assessment.
7. demonstrate an awareness of changing community demographics.
8. develop, execute, and evaluate a treatment plan based on the field impression for the infectious disease patient.
9. define cultural diversity.
10. develop, execute, and evaluate a treatment plan based on the field impression for the patient with toxicology issues.
11. determine personal cultural identity.
12. develop communication skills in culturally diverse patient populations.
13. differentiate various health traditions versus western practices.
14. discuss the inter-relationships between stress, coping, and illness.
15. identify benefits of critical incident stress debriefing.
16. identify causes and sources of behavioral emergencies.
17. identify sources of stress and anger in the paramedic work environment.
18. recognize indicators of imminent death.
19. utilize verbal techniques to manage the emotionally disturbed patient.

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