Paramedic Science Course

Lesson 1 • The Paramedic Profession and Scope

This defines the paramedic role within Emergency Medical Services and its legal boundaries. It anchors all subsequent clinical decisions in professional accountability.

Lesson 2 • Medical-Legal and Ethical Principles

This covers consent, refusal, confidentiality, and duty to act. It provides the ethical decision-making lens applied throughout the course.

Lesson 3 • Human Anatomy and Physiology Review

This reviews body systems relevant to emergency assessment and intervention. It builds the anatomical vocabulary used in every clinical chapter.

Lesson 4 • Pathophysiology Fundamentals

This introduces how disease and injury disrupt normal physiology. It prepares students to anticipate patient deterioration patterns.

Lesson 1 • Documentation and Patient Handoff

This teaches accurate prehospital care report writing and structured verbal handoff. It ensures continuity of care and legal accountability.

Lesson 2 • Clinical Decision-Making and Differential Diagnosis

This applies assessment data to generate and prioritize field diagnoses. It bridges data collection to treatment selection.

Lesson 3 • History Taking Techniques

This develops structured interviewing skills using SAMPLE history and OPQRST frameworks. Accurate histories directly shape differential diagnosis and treatment priorities.

Lesson 4 • Physical Examination Skills

This covers head-to-toe and focused physical exams using inspection, palpation, and auscultation. Findings directly inform the secondary assessment and treatment plan.

Lesson 1 • Advanced Airway Techniques

This develops endotracheal intubation and supraglottic airway skills. It prepares students to secure definitive airways in critical patients.

Lesson 2 • Basic Airway Maneuvers and Adjuncts

This covers manual techniques and simple adjuncts to open and maintain the airway. These skills precede and support advanced airway procedures.

Lesson 3 • Surgical and Rescue Airway Procedures

This addresses needle and surgical cricothyrotomy for failed airway scenarios. It equips students with last-resort interventions when conventional methods fail.

Lesson 4 • Supplemental Oxygen Delivery

This teaches selection and application of oxygen delivery devices matched to patient need. Correct device choice prevents hypoxia and oxygen toxicity.

Lesson 1 • Medication Calculation and Safety

This develops accurate dose calculation skills using weight-based and concentration formulas. It prevents medication errors through systematic verification habits.

Lesson 2 • Pharmacology Principles

This covers pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug classification. It establishes the theoretical foundation for every medication decision in the field.

Lesson 3 • Analgesics, Sedatives, and Reversal Agents

This addresses opioids, benzodiazepines, and their reversal agents in prehospital pain and sedation management. It prepares students for procedural sedation and overdose response.

Lesson 4 • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Drugs

This covers antiarrhythmics, vasopressors, bronchodilators, and anticoagulants used in the field. It links drug mechanisms to the cardiac and respiratory emergencies addressed later.

Lesson 1 • Acute Coronary Syndrome Management

This covers assessment and prehospital treatment of unstable angina, NSTEMI, and STEMI. It emphasises time-to-treatment benchmarks and hospital notification.

Lesson 2 • Cardiac Anatomy and Electrophysiology

This reviews heart structures, conduction pathways, and the cardiac cycle. It provides the physiological basis for ECG interpretation and dysrhythmia management.

Lesson 3 • Dysrhythmia Recognition and Treatment

This addresses bradycardias, tachycardias, and heart blocks with appropriate interventions. It integrates pharmacological and electrical therapies.

Lesson 4 • Cardiac Arrest and Advanced Resuscitation

This applies high-performance CPR, defibrillation, and resuscitation pharmacology to cardiac arrest management. It integrates all prior skills into a coordinated team response.

Lesson 1 • Respiratory Emergencies

This covers asthma, COPD, pulmonary edema, and pneumothorax recognition and treatment. It builds on airway chapter skills to manage complex breathing emergencies.

Lesson 2 • Neurological Emergencies

This addresses stroke, seizure, altered mental status, and spinal cord injury management. Rapid neurological assessment drives time-critical interventions.

Lesson 3 • Toxicological and Environmental Emergencies

This addresses poisoning, overdose, envenomation, heat illness, and hypothermia. Toxicological emergencies require rapid toxidrome recognition and supportive care.

Lesson 4 • Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies

This addresses diabetic emergencies, thyroid crises, and adrenal insufficiency in the field. Metabolic derangements often mimic other emergencies and require targeted assessment.

Lesson 1 • Trauma Kinematics and Mechanism of Injury

This explains how energy transfer causes predictable injury patterns. Understanding kinematics guides physical exam priorities and transport decisions.

Lesson 2 • Head, Spine, and Thoracic Trauma

This addresses traumatic brain injury, spinal precautions, rib fractures, and chest injuries. These injuries carry high mortality and require rapid recognition.

Lesson 3 • Abdominal and Extremity Trauma

This covers solid organ injury, pelvic fractures, long bone fractures, and amputation management. Extremity trauma can cause life-threatening hemorrhage.

Lesson 4 • Burns, Blast, and Special Trauma

This addresses burn classification, rule of nines, blast injury patterns, and crush syndrome. These mechanisms require unique assessment and management approaches.

Lesson 1 • Mass Casualty and Disaster Response

This introduces triage systems, Incident Command, and resource management in multi-casualty events. Paramedics must shift from individual to population-level care priorities.

Lesson 2 • Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies

This addresses normal and complicated childbirth, eclampsia, and neonatal resuscitation. Paramedics must manage two patients simultaneously in obstetric emergencies.

Lesson 3 • Geriatric Assessment and Care

This addresses age-related physiological changes, polypharmacy, and atypical presentations in older adults. Geriatric patients are disproportionately represented in EMS calls.

Lesson 4 • Pediatric Emergencies

This covers age-specific assessment, airway management, and dosing for infants through adolescents. Pediatric physiology differs significantly from adults and demands adapted protocols.