PARA 0275 - Advanced Paramedic Skills

Spring 3 Credit Hours
This course expounds on the skills learned in Paramedic Skills. Advanced Paramedic Skills focuses on the highly advanced, critical care skills needed to function as a paramedic. Skills and topics covered in the class include: thoracentesis and thoracotomy, cricothyrotomy, IV infusions, mechanical ventilators, transporting patients with balloon pumps, escarotomy, and assessment of the critical care patient. The course will meet for one hour of lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Completion of PARA 0251, PARA 0252, PARA 0253, PARA 0254, PARA 0255, and PARA 0256 with a C or better. Co-requisites: PARA 0272, PARA 0273 and PARA 0370.