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   EMS 235 - Paramedic Trauma Emergencies

4.0 Credits
Co-requisites EMS 236  
Prerequisites: Requires college-level composition and reading placement. Requires college-level math.
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.
Prev. Course Codes: EMS-222
LEC 60 Contact hours



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