• EMT 162: Pre Hospital Pharmacology Intr

  3.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 163, 165, 170.Introduction of the student to general groups of drugs and classification of each. Topics include therapeutic effects of drugs, indications, contraindications, dosage and side effects. Also, the student will learn methods of administering medications after calculations of appropriate dosages. This unit is designed to help the EMT-Paramedic implement a patient management plan based on principles and applications of pharmacology. Issues such as personal responsibility for safe and therapeutically effective drug administration within legal and ethical realms will be taught.
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• EMT 163: Medical Situations

  6.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 162, 165, 170.Introduction of the student to medical illnesses as encountered by the EMT-Paramedic. This section incorporates previously learned abilities into teaching the pathophysiology, symptomology, and treatment for diseases and injury to the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, and nervous system. Topics include areas of instruction in pulmonary, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, allergies, gastroenterology, renal and urology, toxicology, hematology, environmental disorders, infectious and communicable diseases, behavioral disorder, gynecology, and obstetrics. ACLS certification will be awarded during this course to students meeting the established criteria of the American Heart Association.
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• EMT 164: Airway Management

  2.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 159, 160, 161.This section is designed to teach the EMT-Paramedic student how to establish and maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient. Details of upper and lower airways, including differences in pediatric variations, is taught. Other topics include details of respiration, ventilation, measurement of gases, and causes of decreased oxygen concentrations in the blood. Psychomotor skill labs will be conducted.
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• EMT 165: Clinical Experience I

  3.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 162, 163, 170.Clinical education is comprised of time spent in various area hospitals, clinics, field trips, and EMS agencies. Major emphasis is placed on EMS observation, emergency room, labor and delivery, pediatrics, operating room, and recovery room.
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• EMT 170: EMS Operations

  4.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 162, 163, 165.The student will practice previously learned paramedic skills. Medical incident command, rescue operations and awareness, basic water rescue, confined space rescue awareness, highway/vehicle rescue operations, hazardous terrain, hazardous materials awareness and operations, and crime scene awareness and operations will be conducted.
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• EMT 171: Patient Management

  4.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 172, 173.This is a continuation of Medical Situations. Topics to be covered willinclude: neonatology, pediatrics, geriatrics, abuse and assault, patient with special challenges, and care of chronic care patients. In addition, the student will practice patient assessment and management through simulated scenarios.
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• EMT 172: Trauma Emergencies

  4.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: Admission to Paramedic ProgramCo-Req: EMT 170Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support concepts to the Standards of the American College of Surgeons will be presented. This section will allow the student to integrate pathophysiological trauma principles and assessment findings into an ability to formulate a general field impression and implement a patient treatment plan. Topics include trauma systems, mechanism of injury, hemorrhage, shock, soft tissue trauma, burns, head and facial trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma, and musculoskeletal trauma.
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• EMT 173: Clinical Experience II

  3.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 171, 172.A continuation of EMT 165. Major emphasis includes the addition of coronary care, intensive care, and psychiatric units.
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• EMT 180: EMS Clinical Experience III

  3.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 181.A continuation of EMT 165 and 173. Minimum competencies are required for successful completion.
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• EMT 181: Internship

  3.00 Credits

  Jackson State Community College

  
  Pre-Req: None.Co-Req: EMT 180.Summative evaluation of experience from classroom and clinical settings within pre-hospital Advanced Life Support Units will be gained. This experience must be conducted under the direction of a licensed EMT-Paramedic or a course instructor. Under supervision, the student will be exposed to injuries and illnesses and will participate in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient while working in an environment approximating that found upon graduation. The intern will progress from observer, through team member, to a leadership role as a pre-hospital provider as part of the summative evaluation. Minimum competencies are required for successful completion.
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