1 Reese Campus Course Syllabus COURSE: EMSP 2444.200 Cardiology (4:3:2) SEMESTER: Spring 2012 CLASS TIMES: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 0830-1230 INSTRUCTOR: Brandon Turnbow OFFICE: Reese Center, Building 5, Room 517C OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Thursday 1:30pm – 3:30pm, or by appointment. OFFICE PHONE: 806-716-4877 E-MAIL: [email protected] “South Plains College improves each student’s life.” GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION COURSE DESCRIPTION This course includes a detailed study of the knowledge and skills necessary to reach competence in the assessment and management of patients with cardiac emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES At the completion of the semester students will: 1. Understand the roles and responsibilities of a Paramedic within an EMS System. 2. Be able to apply the advanced concepts of development, pathophysiology, cardiology, medical emergencies, traumatic emergencies, and special populations in the assessment and management of emergency patients. 3. Be able to take a history and perform a comprehensive physical exam on any patient and communicate those findings to others. 4. Be able to communicate effectively with patients, co-workers and other health care professionals. 5. Be able to establish and/or maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient. 6. Be able to recognize and treat minor and life threatening emergencies of all natures in regards to the pre-hospital setting. COURSE OBJECTIVES - Outline form ( C-1, C-5, C-6, C-7, C-8, C-9, C-12, C-13, C-14, C-18, C-20; F-1, F-2, F-5, F-7, F-8, F-9, F-11, F-12, F-13, F-16, F-17) At the completion of this course the student will have: The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies in the recognition and treatment of prehospital emergencies. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies of prehospital patient assessment and airway management emergencies. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies of prehospital utilization of medications in treating emergency situations. The cognitive, psychomotor and affective competencies of pre-hospital cardiac emergencies at the Paramedic entry-level.2 EVALUATION METHODS Computer-based exams, written exams, written assignments, quizzes, and other projects as assigned. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY It is the aim of the faculty of South Plains College to foster a spirit of complete honesty and a high standard of integrity. The attempt of any student to present as his or her own any work which he or she has not honestly performed is regarded by the faculty and administration as a most serious offense and renders the offender liable to serious consequences, possibly suspension. Cheating - Dishonesty of any kind on examinations or on written assignments, illegal possession of examinations, the use of unauthorized notes during an examination, obtaining information during an examination from the textbook or from the examination paper of another student, assisting others to cheat, alteration of grade records, illegal entry or unauthorized presence in the office are examples of cheating. Complete honesty is required of the student in the presentation of any and all phases of coursework. This applies to quizzes of whatever length, as well as final examinations, to daily reports and to term papers. Plagiarism - Offering the work of another as one's own, without proper acknowledgment, is plagiarism; therefore, any student who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical expression of material taken from books, encyclopedias, magazines and other reference works, or from themes, reports or other writings of a fellow student, is guilty of plagiarism. VARIFICATION OF WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES Paramedics are expected to know how to read a cardiac monitor and provide treatment based on their training. SCANS and FOUNDATION SKILLS Refer also to Course Objectives. Scans and Foundation Skills attached SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION TEXT AND MATERIALS TEXTBOOK Publisher ISBN# Essentials of Paramedic Care, 2nd Ed., (Update) Brady ISBN#: 978-0-13-215689-9 Essentials of Paramedic Care – Workbook (Update) Brady ISBN#: 978-0-13-138442-2 Basic Arrhythmias, 7th Ed. Brady ISBN#: 978-0-13-500238-4 Additional Items That Must Be Purchased Each Semester: SPC EMS Program Policy& Clinical Handbook SPC Program Copy SPC Bookstore FISDAP Clinical Rotation Tracking Software Access Code (*one time purchase) SPC Bookstore3 SUGGESTED TEXTS EMS Pocket Field Guide, ALS Version InforMed Co. ISBN#: 9781890495329 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM ITEMS Students should come to class prepared with pens, pencils, and a spiral notebook for taking notes or completed quizzes or assignments in class. Students should be prepared to take notes over lecture material if they choose. ATTENDANCE POLICY (*READ CAREFULLY) “Punctual and regular class attendance is required of all students attending South Plains College. There are no excused absences. Students are responsible for all class work covered during absences from class, even in cases in which they are able to satisfy the instructor that the absence was unavoidable.” (South Plains College Student Guide, 2011-2012, pp.20) “Whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor’s opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student should be withdrawn from the course.” (South Plains College General Catalog, 2011-2012, pp.20) Due to the importance of the emergency medical information being taught, the instructor of this course defines excessive absences as missing the 3rd class day (or having equivalent tardies) in a course section. A student who meets this criteria will be administratively dropped from the course by the instructor. Tardies: (Definintion): arriving any time after the class has started or not returning from an approved break after class has started. Two tardies will be considered missing one class day and counted as such. Work schedule is not an excuse for missing class. Any exceptions to this policy must be discussed on an individual basis with the course instructor and the EMS Program Director. (i.e. – student hospitalization, immediate family member death, etc.) ASSIGNMENT POLICY All assignments must be completed by the assigned due date.