DMACC Continuing Education: : Critical Care Paramedic

Critical Care Paramedic
CRN: 25107 Location: Energy Center Course/Section: EMSC519 200 Date: 02/10/2025 - 05/07/2025 Room: 110 Instructor: Schultz Mike Time: 06:00PM - 09:00PM Days: Monday, Wednesday Contact Hrs: 135 hours
Description:
This course will provide the education required to earn the Iowa Critical Care Paramedic endorsement. It is designed to prepare paramedics to provide advanced critical care during inter-facility transports, including performing advanced clinical patient assessments and providing invasive care beyond the standard scope of advanced pre-hospital care. Includes modes of transport, flight physiology, barophysiology, and transfer considerations, including safety, patient packaging and practice in a closely confined space, airway and ventilation management including surgical airways and ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP, thoracostomy, and chest drainage maintenance, central venous lines, umbilical vein cannulation, expanded pharmacologic formulary, interpretation of laboratory data, 12-lead ECG interpretation, monitoring and maintaining and IABP, and hemodynamic monitoring. Instruction is provided in both didactic and clinical settings. Participants who successfully complete this course will be recommended to the Iowa Bureau of EMS for Critical Care Endorsement. Will meet in person with optional remote attendance via video conferencing. The following dates are required Face to face sessions and must be attended in person: 2/24, 3/24, 4/7, 4/12 0800-1700), 4/16, 5/7. 52 additional field hours required. Current paramedics only. Contact jhotte@dmacc.edu with questions.

Available Seats: 15 Fees: $1,500.00

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