Stroke for Emergency Medical Services
Tracking # 20-803838
$16.00
What you'll learn
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Accurately define common stroke-related terms
- Discuss the history of stroke diagnosis and treatment
- Discuss the frequency of stroke in the United States
- Discuss the role that EMS personnel play in providing care to stroke patients
- Describe the various types of strokes and their causes
- Identify common medical conditions that can mimic strokes
- Discuss common stroke risk factors
- Recognize the common signs and symptoms of a stroke
- Describe how to conduct a FAST exam
- Describe steps that EMS personnel can take to minimize the time that it takes for patients to receive stroke therapy
Course overview
The Stroke for Emergency Medical course includes 2 contact hours needed for license renewal. This course is designed to familiarize emergency medical personnel with the various types of strokes, the common signs and symptoms of a stroke, methods for assessing a likely stroke, and steps they can take to reduce the time to treatment and optimize patient outcomes. This online course can be conveniently completed from your computer or mobile device at your own pace. Your course completion will be reported to CE Broker automatically for credit toward your license renewal.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technician
Paramedic
Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Responder
Emergency Medical Technician
Paramedic
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