Medical Emergencies for Primary Care

Recognizing and treating the common medical emergencies at the primary care level.

PARA-130 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Paramedicine

Course content

  1. 1Chest pain and acute coronary syndromesComing
  2. 2Heart failure and hypertensive emergenciesComing
  3. 3Respiratory distress: asthma and COPDComing
  4. 4StrokeComing
  5. 5SeizuresComing
  6. 6Diabetic emergenciesComing
  7. 7Allergic reactions and anaphylaxisComing
  8. 8Poisoning and overdoseComing
  9. 9Abdominal and renal emergenciesComing
  10. 10SepsisComing
  11. 11Environmental emergenciesComing
  12. 12Medical scenariosComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Recognizing and treating the common medical emergencies at the primary care level.

Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 1.