EMS 20600 Trauma

(5.5 cr.) Lecture-Lab: (4.25-2.5)
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This course focuses on skills required when treating trauma situations. Topics include bleeding, soft tissue injuries, burns, head/face trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma, musculoskeletal trauma, environmental emergencies, farm/wilderness emergencies, trauma treatment transport, deployment operations, crime scene, dispatch, vehicle ops, rescue, hazardous material/disaster response, tactical EMS. Prerequisites: EMS 10000, EMS 10100, EMS 20000, EMS 20100, EMS 20200 , EMS 20300, EMS 20400 and EMS 20500. Co-requisite: EMS 20700.