EMS 2035 - Paramedic Trauma Emergencies

Credit(s): 4
Lecture Hour(s): 4
Prerequisite(s): BIO 2101, current Colorado Certification as an EMT with IV endorsement or higher and acceptance into the Paramedic Education Program.
Formerly EMS 235 Expands on the paramedic student’s knowledge of trauma emergencies with the integration of assessment findings in formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan for an acutely injured patient. The course will provide an in depth evaluation of trauma to include: categorization of trauma patients, incidence of trauma, trauma systems, types of injury, trauma assessment, documentation in trauma, trauma scoring scales, trauma center designations and transfer of patients.