EG 205 - Medical Emergencies II Lab

Credit Hours: 1

This lab is designed to teach the skills associated with topics covered in EG 204 to include assessment of pediatric patients, management of various pediatric emergencies and the psychomotor skills of intraosseous insertion, umbilical vein cannulation, pediatric airway management, complications of obstetric emergencies and pathophysiology/management of geriatric emergencies.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate skills pertaining to the assessment and management of patients with gynecological, obstetrical, neonatal and pediatric emergencies; and
demonstrate the assessment of a geriatric patient.

Prerequisites: Basic EMT, math (AARLV2) and English (AWRLV3 & ARELV3) pretest codes or higher.
Concurrent Registration: EG 204, EG 206
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Students seeking entrance into this course must be currently certified as a basic EMT and be admitted to the paramedic curriculum to register for this course.