Medical Emergencies

This course provides an in-depth study of the nervous, endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal, hematopoietic, and immune systems. Topics include epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and management of specific injuries/illnesses. Emphasis is placed on allergies/anaphylaxis, toxicology, environmental emergencies, and infectious and communicable diseases. General/specific patonphysiology assessement and management are discussed in detail for environmental emergencies. Infectious and communicable disease topics include: public health principles, public health agencies, infection, pathogenicity, infectious agents, and specfic infectious disease processes and their management. This course provides instruction on topics in Division 5 (Medical), Sections 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, and 11 on the USDOT/NHTSA Paramedic National Standard Curriculum.