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Paramedic Cardiology

Class Number: EMS 10531916-1 - Paramedic Cardiology
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-531-916 PARAMEDIC CARDIOLOGY ...this course teaches the paramedic student to integrate assessment findings with principles of cardiovascular anatomy, physiology, epidemiology, and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment plan for a patient with a cardiovascular complaint. (Corequisites: all 10-531-XXX courses in the current semester)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall

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What will I learn?

  1. Examine the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system.
  2. Demonstrate the assessment of a cardiovascular patient.
  3. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with cardiac disease
  4. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with coronary syndrome
  5. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with acute myocardial infarction/angina
  6. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with heart failure
  7. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with non-traumatic cardiac tamponade
  8. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with hypertensive emergencies
  9. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with cardiogenic shock
  10. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with cardiac arrest
  11. Characterize the precipitating causes, morbidity/mortality, pathophysiology, assessment findings, management, and communication strategies associated with vascular disorders
  12. Manage the care of a cardiovascular patient.

Class Details

Class Number:
EMS 10531916-1 - Paramedic Cardiology
Location:
1301
Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
2025 Fall Session 2

Class Notes

100% Mandatory Attendance Required

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
10/24/2025 - 12/5/2025 Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Green Bay Campus Room CC120121
10/24/2025 - 12/5/2025 Monday/Friday
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Green Bay Campus Room CC120121

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