EMS 272 - Paramedic Capstone

• Scene safety
• Therapeutic communication and cultural competency
• Patient complaints
• Assessment
• Psychomotor skills
• Professionalism
• Decision making
• Practical application of emergency care principles as a team member on a 911 emergency ambulance
• Scene leadership
• Record keeping

• EMS 272 Paramedic Capstone Competency Logs
• Paramedic Clinical & Internship Manual
• Stethoscope

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

1. Apply principles of safety to ensure the safety of the rescuer and others during an emergency.
2. Demonstrate completion of a comprehensive history and physical examination to identify factors affecting the health and health needs of a patient.
3. Formulate a field impression based on an analysis of comprehensive assessment findings, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
4. Relate assessment findings to underlying pathological and physiological changes in the patient’s condition.
5. Integrate patient assessments to formulate a treatment and disposition plan for patients with a variety of medical and traumatic complaints of varying acuity levels.
6. Perform basic and advanced interventions as part of a treatment plan intended to mitigate the emergency, provide symptom relief, and improve the overall health of the patient.
7. Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and modify treatment plan accordingly.
8. Integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of health and clinical care.
9. Demonstrate safe and effective performance of all psychomotor skills within the National EMS Scope of Practice Model and state Scope of Practice at the paramedic level.
10. Express attributes of exemplary professional behavior including, but not limited to, integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self-confidence, communications, time management, teamwork/ diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service.
11. Perform health screenings and referrals.
12. Report and document assessment findings and interventions.
13. Assemble and report data to be used for epidemiological and research purposes.
14. Apply comprehensive knowledge to provide basic and advanced emergency care as an EMS team member on an emergency call.
15. Integrate comprehensive knowledge to function as the team leader of a routine, single patient advanced life support emergency call.

• Required materials for all online courses
• Mandatory Attendance Requirement
• Proctored Exams

• Academic Integrity
• Academic Misconduct
• Add/Drop period
• Appeals Process
• Class Attendance
• Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
• Classroom Conduct/Expectations
• Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
• Online Confidentiality
• Services For Students with Disabilities
• Withdrawal Policy