EMSP 2330 Therapeutic Modalities of Trauma Care (3-2-4)

This course will enable students to integrate a comprehensive knowledge of causes and pathophysiology into the management of traumatic, cardiac arrest and peri-arrest states shock, and respiratory failure or arrest with an emphasis on early intervention to prevent arrest. This course will also include integrating assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression to implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for an acutely injured patient. During this course, students will complete a nationally recognized pre-hospital trauma course (i.e. PHTLS, ITLS, ATT, etc.). Topics include shock and trauma resuscitation; trauma overview; bleeding; chest trauma; abdominal and genitourinary trauma; orthopedic trauma; soft tissue trauma; head, facial, neck, and spine trauma; nervous system trauma; special considerations in trauma; environmental emergencies; multi-system trauma; and assessment of trauma emergencies.

Offered Summer

Prerequisite

Prerequisites/Corequisites: EMSP 2320 with a grade of C or higher, EMSP 2530 with a grade of C or higher, EMSP 2540 with a grade of C or higher, EMSP 2550 with a grade of C or higher, EMSP 2560 with a grade of C or higher, EMSP 2570 with a grade of C or higher