Department: Health & Public Service
Discipline: Allied Health
Subject Code: EMS
Course #: 233
Course Title: Advanced Life Support II
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a
minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
6.0
6.0
0.0
BL: [__]⅓[X]½ [__]⅔[___] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)
2.
3.
Catalog Description:
Emphasis on diseases and the treatment of respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological
system emergencies, hematology, and blood disorders.
Prerequisites: EMS 231 and 232
Minimum Grade Required
C
Corequisites:
Other:
4.
Learning Outcomes
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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5.
Integrate pathophysiological principles and assessment findings to formulate a field
impression and implement the treatment plan for the following types of patient chief
complaints, diseases and treatment of the following systems :
o respiratory
o cardiovascular
o neurological
o hematological
Planned Sequence of Learning Activities
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
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Pulmonology
Cardiology
Department: Health & Public Service
Discipline: Allied Health
Subject Code: EMS
Course #: 233
Course Title: Advanced Life Support II
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6.
Neurology
Hematology
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is part of
regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been
determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s
assessment management system.
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7.
Session paper/pencil quizzes
Computer Simulations
Clinical Simulations - SimMan
Section paper/pencil examinations
Clinical assessment and skill competency evaluations
Real-life / case study presentations
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials
(code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, BLaboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,
BL-Blended, V-Videocourse, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons,
E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be
easily accessible to students.]
Title
Publisher
Author(s)
Paramedic Care: Principles and
Practice, Volume 3: Medical
Emergencies, 3/e
Brady/Prentice Hall
Bryan E. Bledsoe
Robert S. Porter
Richard A. Cherry
Basic Arrhythmias 6/e
Brady/Prentice Hall
Gail Walraven RN
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
(ACLS), CURRENT ED.
Instructional Use
Item Code
A – Lecture
I – Online
BL – Blended
A – Lecture
I – Online
BL – Blended
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
A – Lecture
I – Online
BL – Blended
8.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Craig Davis, MEd, BS, EMT-P
Date: 4/17/09
9.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Brad Leidich
Date: 9/30/09
10.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Brad Wolf
Date: 9/30/09
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A /
B.
Department: Health & Public Service
Discipline: Allied Health
Subject Code: EMS
Course #: 233
Course Title: Advanced Life Support II
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies,
standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with
the college mission.
11.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses
generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and universities.
Director, Curriculum Compliance: Catherine A. Lencioni Date: 10/23/09
12.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Ronald R. Young
13.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 199430
14.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
12/1/04
Review and updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09
Date: 10/30/09