Welcome to the final course of lectures in your quest to master EMT basics. In this course, we will cover some of the highest-stress patient populations: pregnant patients and kids, also known as pediatrics. To wrap up your EMT knowledge we will end this course with information about hazmat situations, extricating patients from tight spots and finally how you write a note about your patient care. You will learn to ensure it communicates what your assessment of the patient was, what interventions you performed and why you did them.
Emergency Care: Pregnancy, Infants, and Children
This course is part of Become an EMT Specialization
Instructors: Arthur Pliaconis
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There are 4 modules in this course
In the next few lessons, you will learn about some basics of pregnancy as well as the care of the pregnant patient all the way through delivery of a baby. While it might seem crazy, part of your scope of practice is an emergency delivery!
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9 videos6 readings2 assignments
Next up is learning how to manage the newly born baby. Depending on the gestational age, the prenatal care and the delivery, the newborn can present in a variety of ways. You will learn a progression of interventions to help with your care of newborns. After learning about how to assess and manage the newborn, we will move on to the wide and wild world of kids, along with some tips and tricks for getting the info you need without all the tears.
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12 videos4 readings1 assignment
In this module, we are going to cover some pediatric specific problems that affect the different body systems. We will focus on diseases that are mostly found in the pediatric population and will refer you back to prior lessons to refresh on those things that affect all populations. We will also review in more detail some of the anatomic and developmental changes that occur during childhood that can impact your care for certain conditions.
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18 videos6 readings1 assignment
We’ll be finishing off the course with a few more crucial skills and concepts to round out your EMT education. These are the odds and ends that bring everything together.
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Reviewed on Apr 5, 2020
Very interested course and I would like to continue to be and EMT
Reviewed on Jul 5, 2020
Excellent! Topics explained with perfection! Thank you very much
Reviewed on Jul 30, 2021
so informative ,concise , course delivery and course instructor so Excellent . Thanks
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