The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate proper hygiene techniques and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
2. Demonstrate the various techniques to establish intravenous routes.
3. Exhibit different basic and advanced airway management techniques.
4. Demonstrate understanding of different components of cardiac monitor devices.
5. Demonstrate the different techniques of medication administration.
6. Demonstrate through simulated scenarios how to manage scenes and patient care focusing on cardiac and airway management.
7. Demonstrate the proper techniques for transferring patient care.
8. Analyze the pharmacokinetics of prehospital medications.
9. Apply an in-depth understanding of the pharmacodynamics of prehospital medications.
10. Select the appropriate pharmacological intervention based on the patient's needs.

1. Proper hygiene techniques
   1. Hand washing techniques
   2. Proper use of Personal Protective Equipment
   3. N-95 mask
   4. P-100 mask
   5. Donning and doffing medical gloves
2. Establishing intravenous routes
   1. IV techniques
   2. IO techniques
   3. Setting up, starting IVs
3. Basic and advanced airway management techniques
   1. NPAs, OPAs
   2. Suctioning
   3. Endotrachel intubation
   4. Tracheotomy care
   5. Multi lumen devices
   6. O2 therapy
4. Cardiac monitor devices
   1. 4 lead
   2. 12 lead
   3. Cardioversion
   4. Pacing
   5. Defibrillation
   6. EtCO2
   7. Pulse Ox
5. Medication administration
   1. Medication packaging
   2. Routes of administration
   3. Medication calculations
   4. Five rights of drug administration
6. Simulated scenarios how to manage scenes and provide unbiased patient care
   1. Cardiac and airway management
   2. Scene approach and control
   3. General impression
   4. History and physical
   5. Working diagnosis
   6. Appropriate treatment
7. Transferring patient care
   1. Documentation
   2. Radio report
   3. Verbal report
8. Pharmcokinetics of prehospital medications
   1. Drug absorption and distribution
   2. Metabolism and elimination
   3. Influencing factors in drug action
9. Pharmacodynamics of prehospital medications
   1. Mechanism of action
   2. Drug dose relationships
   3. Drug classes and therapeutic applications
10. Pharmacological intervention selection based on patient need
    1. Patient assessment
    2. Drug indications and selections
    3. Clinical decision making

1. Proper hand washing, Personal Protective Equipment
2. Intravenous access, intraosseous infusion
3. Pharmacology, medication administration
4. Airway management, endotracheal intubation, oropharyngeal airway, nasopharyngeal airway, suctioning, dual lumen airways
5. Advanced cardiac life support ambulance
6. 911 call simulations and case studies
7. Adult patient assessment

Laboratory psychomotor skill test
National-style oral examinations of 911 call simulations
National-style paramedic affective evaluation: observe student behavior, document, and counsel student
Written assignments, including prehospital patient care report forms
Written tests: multiple choice, matching, essays, fill-in-the-blank, short answer

Students will practice skills in preparation for the NREMT skills testing
Students will demonstrate proficiency of knowledge and skill through simulated scenarios
Lecture presentations and classroom discussion
Group presentations on pharmacology topics

Foothill College Paramedic Program. Student Laboratory Manual. 2021.

Weekly reading assignments from program lab manual.