Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 SCC Catalog 
    
2024-2025 SCC Catalog

EMS 105 - Emergency Medical Care I


Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 6 CWE Hours: 12 hour shift on ambulance Credits: 4

Description: This course is a study of preparatory and pharmacology, airway management, patient assessment, and trauma and shock as it relates to the provision of pre-hospital emergency medical care to critically ill and injured patients.

Course Topics:
Preparatory

  • EMS Systems
  • Research
  • Workforce safety and wellness
  • Documentation
  • Report and document assessment data and interventions.
  • EMS system communication
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Medical/legal & ethical
  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Medical terminology
  • Pathophysiology
  • Life span development
  • Public health
  • Pharmacology

Airway Management

  • Airway patency
  • Nasopharyngeal airway
  • Oropharyngeal airway
  • Positive pressure ventilation
  • Manually-triggered ventilators
  • Automatic transport ventilators
  • Supplemental oxygen therapy
  • Humidifiers
  • Partial-rebreather mask
  • Venturi mask
  • Supraglottic airway devices

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

  • One and two rescuer adult CPR
  • One and two rescuer child CPR
  • One and two rescuer infant CPR
  • Automated External Defibrillator use
  • First aid for choking victims

Patient Assessment

  • Scene size up
  • Primary assessment
  • History Taking
  • Secondary Assessment
  • Monitoring devices
  • Reassessment

Trauma

  • Trauma overview and kinematics
  • Bleeding
  • Chest trauma
  • Abdominal and genitourinary trauma
  • Orthopedic trauma
  • Soft tissue trauma
  • Burns
  • Head, facial, neck and spine trauma
  • Nervous system trauma
  • Special considerations in trauma
  • Environmental emergencies
  • Multi-system trauma

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn website
Grading System:
An overall grade of C or higher is required for transferability.

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


Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Apply preparatory and fundamental knowledge of the EMS system, safety/well-being of the EMT, medical/legal and ethical issues, anatomy, pathophysiology, medical terminology, lifespan development, principles of illness/injury prevention, and medication administration to the provision of emergency care.
  2. Manage a patient’s airway to ensure patency, adequate mechanical ventilation and respiration for patients of all ages.
  3. Analyze scene information and patient assessment findings (scene size up, primary and secondary assessment, patient history, and reassessment) to guide emergency management.
  4. Apply fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely injured patient.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Course Policies  that include:

  • Identity Verification
  • Required materials for all online courses
  • Mandatory Attendance Requirement
  • Orientation and Support
  • Proctored Exams

Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard Course Policies  on the following topics:

  • Academic Integrity
  • Add/Drop period
  • Attendance
  • Classroom Conduct
  • Equal Access
  • IT Access
  • Online Behavior
  • Online Confidentiality
  • Services For Students with Disabilities
  • Student Concerns
  • Student Help Services
  • Withdrawals


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2024-2025