EPR Patients with Special Health Care Needs (NRP Edition)
Tracking # 20-930063
Course overview
This interactive lecture explores a variety of special health care needs. It devotes specific attention to medical technology and adaptive devices; cognitive, communication, and sensory impairments; chronic medical conditions; and patients with obesity. An understanding of the special challenges highlighted in this module will help prehospital care providers provide optimal care when EMS assistance is required for these patients.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Emergency Medical Services
Paramedic
Disclosure statements
Practitioners who successfully complete Patients with Special Health Care Needs (NRP Edition) course are eligible for 2 hours of continuing education through CAPCE. This continuing education course satisfies the NREMT’s NCCR 2016 Topic Special Healthcare Needs for Paramedics.