Description
This course is designed to prepared registered nurses with EMS experience, for the National Registry Paramedic (NRP) psychomotor and cognitive examinations. In this course the student will be exposed to the areas of healthcare and pre-hospital environment that differs from the RN scope of practice. The student will also be exposed to the paramedic scope of practice, legal/ethical issues of emergency medical services, pre-hospital treatment and care of acutely ill and injured persons, EMS operations, cadaver lab (optional), clinical rotations (if applicable) and NREMT EMT-Basic practice and testing (if required). (Prerequisites: Current RN license, in good standing, with a minimum of 1,000 hours of RN work experience in the last 2 years, AHA BLS and ACLS Provider cards (must be current. American Red Cross is accepted, AHA preferred, must be adept/perform the following skills as part of their job duties: Adult and Pediatric intubation, needle decompression, needle cricothyrotomy, and pro