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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Apr 24, 2024
 
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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EM 1111 - FOUNDATIONS OF EMERGENCY CARE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on pre-hospital assessment and therapeutic intervention of adult and pediatric patients with acute traumatic injury and includes advanced airway assessment and procedural intervention for patients with acute respiratory pathophysiology. Students will explore emergency medical services systems and appreciate their role and responsibility as pre-hospital practitioners. Learning strategies include scenario-based case presentations with a focus on critical thinking and decision making. This course is paired with a required lab component.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Emergency Medicine (BS)


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