EHS Student Degree Plan (doc)

EMSP 3100 Orientation to Online Learning
(1-0) 1 credit hour
An introduction to the UTHSCSA bachelor degree program as well as the Web CT/Blackboard learning environment. This course is required of all students in their first semester.

EMSP 3001 Foundations of Emergency Health Sciences
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
An introduction to Emergency Medical Services. This course surveys the history, evolution, theoretical concepts, and clinical methods and techniques that support the practice of EMS.

EMSP 3003 Critical Care Medicine
(3-0) 3 hours credit
The purpose of this course is to provide the learner with advanced knowledge in critical care medicine. Topics will include monitoring technology, advanced procedures, diagnostic testing, and treatment of acutely critical patients.

EMSP 3004 Pharmacology
(3-0) 3 hours credit
This course is designed to provide the learner with a fundamental knowledge of the actions and therapeutic uses of drugs. The topics covered will include basic principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics, autonomic and cardiovascular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, toxicology, endocrine pharmacology, women’s health, anti-inflammatory, gastrointestinal, cancer chemotherapy, and respiratory tract pharmacology.

EMSP 3006 Electrocardiography in Emergency Medical Sciences
(3-0) 3 credit hours
A study of the fundamentals of electrocardiography with emphasis on the role of the 12-lead ECG in out of hospital medical care. The purpose of this course is to teach a systematic-analytical approach to rapid 12-lead interpretation. Topics begin with cardiac anatomy and physiology and progress to the level of recognizing the classic 12-lead and multi-lead ECG patterns.

EMSP 3007 Human Diseases
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course is designed to provide the learner with a foundation in basic disease conditions, pathophysiological process behind major diseases and their causes, definitions of disease, classifications of disease, and descriptions of diseases as they pertain to the emergency health sciences.

EMSP 3011 Medical Informatics
(3-0) e hours credit
A class designed to initiate today’s EMS professional to the rapidly advancing field of information science and to acquaint the students with the concepts of electronic field data collection, database theory and its application to EMS, information driven performance improvement and clinical education.

EMSP 3012 Behavorial Medicine and Psychopathology
(3-0) 3 hours credit
This course provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of human behavior by providing an overview of behavioral disease processes and differentiation criteria to include disease presentation, physical examination findings, laboratory testing, and therapeutic approaches. The course will focus on issues pertinent to the pre-hospital environment including common patient presentation, overview of the legal system with mental health patients, and individual and system interventions.

EMSP 3013 Professional Orientation & Legal Foundations
(3-0) 3 hours credit
This course provides the student with an overview of the legal foundations for Emergency Medical Services. Topics include concepts of malpractice, litigation, consent and refusal of medical treatment, advanced directives, patient confidentiality, and expert and factual witness preparation.

EMSP 3031 Directed Study
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course is available to the learner to allow for a voluntary course of independent study in a clinical/advanced provider concentration.

EMSP 3041 Current Research in Emergency Health Sciences
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course is a seminar designed to encourage the learner to discover research and research trends in the field of EMS. Basic concepts in research methods will be discussed. The learner will discover methods, procedures, and ways of analysis for examining research.

EMSP 4001 Physical Exam and History Taking (formerly: Extended Provider Skills and Preventative Medicine)
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
The purpose of this course is to provide the learner with the ability to perform and work in non-traditional and rural settings. Learners will gain the skills of patient assessment, disease identification, health education, and preventative medicine. Learners are given the opportunity to study methods for understanding disease processes through proper techniques for eliciting a complete patient history and performing a thorough physical examination.

EMSP 4002 Pathophysiology
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course is designed to introduce the student to pathophysiologic concepts related to altered biological processes affecting individuals across the lifespan. It includes basic mechanisms of disease, the immune response and selected disorders of the following systems: neurologic, endocrine, reproductive, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, hematologic, respiratory, urinary and digestive.

EMSP 4003 Flight Medicine
(3-0) 3 hours credit
This course will provide the learner with general physics of flight as well as the effect that flight has on patients and equipment utilized in patient care. Additionally, general aviation guidelines and safety protocols will be introduced as well as the regulatory structure of flight medicine.

EMSP 4004 Management of Disasters and Hazardous Materials
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
Considerations of the theoretical and practical foundations necessary to manage multi-casualty and multi-agency incidents, including planning, response, triage, and scene control. Medical, surgical, mental health, and public health views are discussed along with the resolution phases of disaster.

EMSP 4005 EMS Systems Management and Budgeting
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course is designed to identify and discuss various forms and trends of EMS Systems management. From the volunteer service to the large, urban EMS system, the learner will become familiar with the various aspects of America's EMS services, including systems status management. Quality assurance/improvement skills and understanding necessary to manage emergency health systems will be emphasized.

EMSP 4007 Human Resource Development
(3-0) 3 hours credit
This course reviews the policies necessary to insure that properly prepared and motivated personnel are available to carry out the mission and daily operations of an EMS organization and to gain a scholarly understanding of and familiarly with foundational HRD theory and research.

EMSP 4006 Educational Issues in EMS
(3-0) 3 hours credit
The course allows participants to explore how to design and implement initial and continuing education courses. It includes a review of educational psychology of the adult, state and national continuing education requirements, an investigation of new and effective instructional methods, and an appraisal of evaluation procedures.

EMSP 4008 Leadership Development
(3-0) 3 hours credit
Study and application of contemporary leadership theories. Conceptual, skill-building, feedback, and personal growth approaches for the development of effective organizational leadership behaviors and practices.

EMSP 4012 Pharmacology II
(3-0) 3 hours credit
A continuation of EMSP 3004 providing a fundamental knowledge of the actions and therapeutic uses of drugs. The topics covered will include basic principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics, drugs that affect fluid and electrolytes; drugs for men’s health, bone and joint disorders; nutrition; infectious diseases; parasitic diseases; and drugs for the eye, skin, ear, and respiratory tract pharmacology.

EMSP 4021 Internship: Advanced Practitioner in EHS
(6-0) 6 hours credit.
Semester internship/capstone experience by arrangement.