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.
Prerequisites
EMS 189 or BIO 201