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• EMS 203: Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic C

  7.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  This course integrates comprehensive knowledge and integrates assessment findings with the principles of pathophysiology and epidemiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment plan for the patient with a medical complaint. Paramedic Part C focuses on anatomy, physiology, prognosis, and management of pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients with chronic illnesses, endocrinology, gastrointestinal, immunology, urology, toxicology, hematology, infectious disease, and behavioral disorders. This course includes a comprehensive field internship (Advanced Practice) that allows the summative cognitive, psychomotor, and behavioral skills required to provide direct patient care using critical thinking and management skills. EMS-203 incorporates the students' knowledge of medical, trauma, and behavioral content from previous courses. Specific focus on topics comprising of the challenged patient, chronically ill patients, and rural EMS Systems are included.
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• EMS 204: Introduction Emergency Medical Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  This class is designed to demonstrate to the student all the aspects and components of a typical Emergency Services (EMS) System. This class will include the legislative aspects, medical control and accountability, communications, technology, and an overall description of numerous functioning EMS Systems.
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• EMS 205: Advanced Paramedic Practice

  5.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  The class provides a structured review of an advanced level pre-hospital care provider. The paramedic or paramedic candidate will have the opportunity to expand his knowledge in an approved supervised environment.
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• EMS 207: Cardio-Pulmoniary Resuscitation (CPR)

  1.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  This course is designed to prepare the untrained student in the procedures needed to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) based upon the National Standards approved by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
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• EMS 209: +evoc Emergency Vehicle Operations Class

  1.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  The EVO class is designed to train those involved with Public Safety the different and complicated aspects of driving an emergency vehicle. Classroom instruction is provided initially to train the student about the risks, needs, legal aspects, and physical forces associated with vehicle operations. Practical exercises follow the didactic position in order to reinforce the principles and theories taught in class.
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• EMS 210: International Trauma Life Support

  1.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) is a program designed to provide paramedic candidates the cognitive and psychomotor skills to reduce death and disability for patients who suffer traumatic emergencies such as accidents, drowning, and other injury related illnesses. This course is administered as an adjunct to the current training of those providing advanced pre-hospital care. The course incorporates the National Registry Psychomotor Trauma Scenarios for formative and summative evaluations.
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• EMS 211: Advanced Cardiac Life Support

  1.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is a program designed to reduce death and disability for patients who suffer cardiovascular emergencies such as cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, or stroke. This course is administered as an adjunct to the current training of those providing Advanced Life Support.
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• EMS 212: Pediatric Advanced Life Support

  1.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is a program designed to reduce death and disability for pediatric patients who suffer injury related emergencies such as trauma, burns, and fractures from accidents. This course is administered as an adjunct to the current training of those providing Advanced Life Support.
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• ENG 031: Writing Essentials

  3.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  This course emphasizes basic grammar and the basics of sentence construction with intense practice in recognition and writing of complete sentence patterns with the ultimate goal of preparing the students to write multiple paragraphs.
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• ENG 101: English Composition

  3.00 Credits

  Luzerne County Community College

  
  Principles of rhetoric, grammar and usage; the development of vocabulary and extensive use of selected reading materials are stressed as fundamentals in the writing of themes as well as extended papers. Students will be required to take a writing competency exam as part of the course.
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