ICP 2030 Critical Care I
Course Information
| Course Number | ICP 2030 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Critical Care I |
| Description | This courses orients students to the emergency room, intensive care unit, cardiac intensive care, telemetry unit and critical care departments. (Prerequisite: Admission into the Paramedic program) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 144 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Internship | 3 Credits, 144 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Admission into the Paramedic Program. All Classes must be taken in sequence.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Demonstrate the ability to safely administer medications.
- Demonstrate the ability to safely perform endotracheal intubation.
- Demonstrate the ability to safely gain venous access in all age group patients.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively ventilate unintubated patients of all age groups.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a compressive assessment on adult patients.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment on trauma patients.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with chest pain.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with dyspnea/respiratory distress.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with syncope.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with abdominal complaints.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive assessment, formulate and implement a treatment plan for patients with altered mental status.
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
Additional information and forms can be found at: southcentral.edu/disability
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