EMS 20000 Intro to Emergency Medicine

(4 cr.) Lecture-Lab: (4-0)
(F)
This course is the beginning of the Paramedic portion of the EMS program. Topics covered include EMS safety, well being, roles responsibiolity, illness/injury prevention, legal issues, ethics, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, life span development, public health, basic pharmacology principles, medications and pharmacology. Prerequisites: MTH 07300 and ENG 09920 (or ENG-09000 and ENG-09601) or prerequisites met by placement testing and EMS 10000 and EMS 10100. Co-requisites: EMS 20100 and EMS 20200.