2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

EMS 240 Patients with Special Challenges

Lecture: 1 Lab: 2 Clinic: 0 Credits: 2
This course includes concepts of crisis intervention and techniques of interacting with patients with special challenges and is required for paramedic certification. Topics include appropriate intervention and interaction for neglected, abused, terminally ill, chronically ill, technology assisted, bariatric, physically challenged, mentally challenged, or assaulted patients as well as behavioral emergencies. Upon completion, students should be able to recognize and manage the care of patients with special challenges.

Pre-requisite(s): EMS 122  and EMS 130.  
Course is typically offered in Spring.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

  1. Demonstrate paramedic behavioral health emergency management.
  2. Interpret relevant laws and ethics related to the management of patients with special challenges.
  3. Integrate patient advocacy, assessment, and emergency care for patients with special needs in a simulated clinical environment.