January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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January 2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EM 191 - Paramedic Preparation


This course introduces issues related to the practice of pre-hospital advanced life support as a career with a focus on issues common to all healthcare professions. Content areas include paramedic roles and responsibilities, well-being of the paramedic, illness and injury prevention, medical-legal-ethical issues, therapeutic communications, and medical terminology. Upon completion, students will have demonstrated competency in those respective components of the National Standard Curriculum for the EMT Paramedic. Semester Credit Hours: 2.00 Contact Hours: 30/0/0/30 Prerequisites: EM 189 /EM 189L Paramedic Anatomy and Physiology Lab . Corequisites: None.