Student Catalog 2011-2012 - West Georgia Technical College

EMSP 1130 - Medical Emergencies for the EMT3.000 CreditsThis course integrates pathophysiological principles andassessment findings to formulate a field impression and implementthe treatment plan of cases involving non-traumatic medicalemergencies. Topics include medical overview; neurology;abdominal and gastrointestinal disorders; immunology; infectiousdisease; endocrine disorders; psychiatric; cardiovascular;toxicology; respiratory; hematology; genitourinary/renal; nontraumaticmusculoskeletal disorders; diseases of the eyes, ears,nose, and throat; and medical assessments.EMSP 1140 - Special Patient Populations3.000 CreditsThis course provides a fundamental knowledge of growth,development, and aging and assessment findings to provide basicemergency care and transportation for a patient with specialneeds. Topics include obstetrics, gynecology, neonatal care,pediatrics, geriatrics, patients with special challenges, and specialpatient populations - assessments.EMSP 1150 - Shock and Trauma for the EMT3.000 CreditsThis course is designed to prepare the EMT student to apply prehospitalemergency care to patients who have sustained injuriesresulting from various mechanisms of injury, including abdominaland genitourinary trauma; orthopedic trauma; soft tissue trauma;head, facial, neck, and spine trauma and nervous system trauma.Special considerations in trauma related injuries will be presentedincluding the physiology of shock as well as multi-system traumaand environmental emergencies. Topics include shock andresuscitation; trauma overview; bleeding; chest trauma; abdominaland genitourinary trauma; orthopedic trauma; soft tissue trauma;head, facial, neck, and spine trauma; nervous system trauma;special considerations in trauma; environmental emergencies; andmulti-system trauma.EMSP 1160 - Clinical and Practical Applications for the EMT1.000 CreditsThis course provides supervised clinical experience in variousclinical settings as well as opportunities to demonstrate criticalthinking skills and assessment based management techniquesthrough competency based evaluations relevant to the practice ofan EMT. Topics include clinicals and assessment basedmanagement.EMSP 1510 - Advanced Concepts for the AEMT3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: Regular StatusThis course serves as the introductory course to the advancedlevel practice of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician(AEMT). It expands on the information attained at the EMT level.Topics include EMS systems; documentation; EMS systemcommunication; therapeutic communication; principles ofpharmacology; medication administration; emergency medications;airway management; respiration; artificial ventilation; primaryassessment; and secondary assessment.EMSP 1520 - EMT Advanced Patient Care for the AEMT3.000 CreditsThis course provides opportunities to apply fundamentalknowledge of basic and selected advanced emergency care andtransportation based on assessment findings for the following: anacutely ill patient; a patient in shock, respiratory failure or arrest,cardiac failure or arrest, and post resuscitation management; andan acutely injured patient. In addition, it provides a fundamentalknowledge of growth, development, and aging and assessmentfindings to provide basic and selected advanced emergency careand transportation for a patient with special needs. Topics includegeriatrics; patients with special challenges; medical overview;neurology; immunology; infectious disease; endocrine disorders;cardiovascular; toxicology; respiratory; hematology;genitourinary/renal; shock and resuscitation; chest trauma;abdominal and genitourinary trauma; orthopedic trauma; head,facial, neck, and spine trauma: nervous system trauma; andintegration of medical/trauma assessments.EMSP 1530 - Clinical Applications for the AEMT1.000 CreditsThis course provides supervised clinical experience in variousclinical settings.EMSP 1540 - Clinical and Practical Applications for the AEMT3.000 CreditsThis course provides supervised clinical experience in variousclinical settings as well as opportunities to demonstrate criticalthinking skills and assessment based management techniquesthrough competency based evaluations relevant to the practice ofan AEMT. Topics include clinicals and assessment basedmanagement.ENGL – EnglishENGL 0097 - English II3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGL 0096 with a minimum grade of Cor entrance writing score in accordance with approvedTCSG admission score levelsEmphasizes the rules of grammar, punctuation, capitalization,spelling, and writing in order to ensure a smooth transition intocommunicating orally and in writing. Topics include basicgrammar, basic mechanics, spelling, and writing skills.ENGL 0098 - English III3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGL 0097 with a minimum grade of Cor entrance writing score in accordance with approvedTCSG admission score levelsEmphasizes the ability to communicate using written methods.Topics include writing, grammar, and revising.ENGL 1010 - Fundamentals of English I3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGL 0097 with a minimum grade of Cor entrance writing score in accordance with approvedTCSG admission score levelsEmphasizes the development and improvement of written andoral communication abilities. Topics include analysis of writing,applied grammar and writing skills, editing and proofreading skills,research skills, and oral communication skills.ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric3.000 CreditsPrerequisites: ENGL 0098 AND READ 0098 with aminimum grade of C or degree program admissionlevel writing AND reading competencyExplores the analysis of literature and articles about issues in thehumanities and in society. Students practice various modes ofwriting, ranging from exposition to argumentation and persuasion.The course includes a review of standard grammatical and stylisticusage in proofreading and editing. An introduction to libraryresources lays the foundation for research. Topics include writinganalysis and practice, revision, and research. Students write aresearch paper using library resources and using a formatting anddocumentation style appropriate to the purpose and audience.245Student Catalog 2011-2012. May 1, 2011