2016 - 2017 General Catalogue 
    
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2016 - 2017 General Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EMS 246. Paramedic Trauma Management (3)


This course relates pathophysiology and assessment findings to the formulation of field impressions and implementation of treatment plans for trauma patients.  Content areas includes the pathophysiology, assessment, and management of trauma as related to:  trauma systems; mechanisms of injury; hemorrhage and shock; soft tissue injuries; burns; and head, facial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, and musculoskeletal trauma. Prerequisites: EMS 189, EMs 240, EMS 243, EMS 244, and EMS 245.  Corequisites: EMS 241, EMS 242, and EMS 248.  Offered at the Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.