In this course, you will develop the knowledge and skills to assess and stabilize certain types of patients for transport. By the end of this course, you will be able to: (1) Identify the signs and symptoms associated with a patient in shock, to describe the major categories of shock, to assess a patient with signs of shock and formulate a plan for treatment to stabilize the patient for transport, (2) Identify a patient in cardiac arrest and to describe the components of high performance CPR including placement of an AED, components of quality chest compressions, and options for oxygenation, (3) Identify a patient with under the influence of a drug of abuse or a toxicologic ingestion, assess a patient with a potential or known ingestion, and to formulate a plan for treatment and stabilization for transport including that of a violent patient, (4) Identify the symptoms associated with the most common environmental emergencies including hypothermia, hyperthermia, lightning strike and drowning, to assess patients with an environmental emergency and to describe initial treatment and stabilization for transportation and (5) Understanding your patient's story as well as to think critically about the complaint and symptoms associated with the gastrointestinal track, renal system, and the reproductive system.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Cardiac Arrest and Shock
Toxicology and Substance Abuse
Not All Who Wander Are Tox
Blood and Guts
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TOP REVIEWS FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: CPR, TOXICOLOGY, AND WILDERNESS
good course, like the intermittent questions
please revise the links, some don't work
Very good course, everything is well explained with relevant and appropriate diagrams. However there were a few technical flaws but I'm certain they will be fixed
well structure lecture with all the additional reading and video make more easy to comprehend.
A lot to learn but presented very well. Test questions definitely make you think about all you have learned.
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