PTEP 2895 - Paramedic Capstone

Credits: 9.5
This course integrates all previously learned areas to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment and-or disposition plan for a variety of patients with varying degrees of complaints. This course will allow students to solidify and put into practice all that has been learned by applying and integrating epidemiology, Pathophysiology, assessment and advanced concepts applied to the recognition of Advanced Life Support patient problems and treatment modalities. The student will be able to apply the skills and knowledge gained in previous classroom and clinical experience in order to provide quality and appropriate patient care and transportation to the most appropriate facility. Students will also cover knowledge of Emergency Medical Operations covered in the Operations section of the EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum. Students will participate in classroom lecture and discussion as well as clinical and field experiences designed to prepare the student to provide emergency care at the paramedic level. Extensive clinical and field internship time will be expected. Classroom time at the end of this course will be spent preparing for state and national certifying examinations, both written and practical. Students will continue rotations with various paramedic Fire/EMS agencies providing rescue vehicle response to advance the skills and performance of paramedic practice. Successful evacuation of professionalism, interpersonal relationships and problem solving under stress, must be completed for recommendation to test for certification/licensure. Students will nominally complete a total of 500 hours of ride time and successfully complete 50 ALS Team Leads during this course and Paramedic 4; A minimum of 20 of the ALS Team Leads MUST BE COMPLETED during Paramedic 5. This course meets all national EMS Education Standards.

Prerequisite: Enrollment by instructor permission only Completion of Paramedic 4 - Trauma Emergencies an EMS Operations in Paramedic Practice with a B or better