Medical Emergencies: Airway, Breathing, and Circulation

University of Colorado System
via Coursera
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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) assess a basic medical patient 2) describe general pharmacologic principles and the skills associated with medication administration, 3) explain airway physiology, the assessment of the airway and available interventions for airway management, 4) identify, assess and formulate a plan to stabilize a patient with a respiratory emergency for transport, and 5) identify, assess and formulate a plan to stabilize a patient with a cardiovascular emergency for transport. 6) describe the most common neurologic and endocrine emergencies and what you can do for them as an EMT.

Instructor(s)

Angela Wright, MD, Whitney Barrett, MD, Arthur Pliaconis, Kathrine Lopez
University of Colorado System
via Coursera
Free (audit)
English
Paid Certificate Available
Approx. 13 hours to complete
Self paced
Beginner Level
Subtitles: Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish