EG 104 - Patient Assessment Lab

Credit Hours: 1

This lab course will allow students to apply concepts taught in EG 103, to achieve mastery level of conducting a history and physical examination on a variety of patients. Accurately conveying information to the hospital and proper documentation will also be mastered.

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

describe the techniques of history taking;
take a comprehensive out of hospital patient history;
explain the pathophysiologic significance of physical exam findings;
describe the workings of EMS communications systems;
effectively transmit vital patient information to the physician;
describe the importance of proper documentation;
assimilate all information regarding a patient, and effectively document it in report form;
develop an understanding of the scientific method in exploring natural phenomenon including observation, hypothesis development, measurement, data collection, and evaluation of evidence;
develop an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena;
develop proficiency in oral discourse;
produce coherent texts within common college level written forms;
demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts;
evaluate an oral presentation according to established criteria;
develop well reasoned arguments; and
develop an ability to locate, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of sources.

Prerequisites: EG 099, EG 101, basic EMT, math (AARLV2) and English (AWRLV3 & ARELV3) pretest codes or higher.
Corequisites: EG 103, EG 109
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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.