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Essential Math for the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Provider

EMTP 1121 includes material covered in the EMT-Paramedic, National Standard Curriculum Preparatory Module, Venous Access and Medication Administration section. The course includes a basic review of mathematical principles including fractions, decimals, and percentages. Various systems of measure including metric, household, and apothecary are included. Drug calculations which involve moving within and between the various systems of measure are included. Problem solving of drug calculations using ratio and proportion is stressed. Units on computation of drug dosages with one unknown, calculation of drug dosages based on patient weights, calculation of IV drug drips, and calculation of IV drug drips based on patient weights are part of the course. Students must be able to convert patient weights from pounds to kilograms.