This course focuses on the operational knowledge and skills needed for safe and effective patient
care within the paramedic's scope of practice. Content areas include: research, paramedic roles and
responsibilities, well-being of the paramedic, illness and injury prevention, medical-legal-ethical issues,
therapeutic communications, medical terminology, life span development, ambulance operations, medical
incident command, rescue awareness and operations, hazardous materials incidents, crime scene awareness, and
Alabama EMS laws and rules.
