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309.630.01
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, 3:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Next Offered
2025 - 2026
Prerequisite

Undergraduates must have completed the Introduction to Health Policy course taught on the Homewood campus prior to registering for this course.

Description
Presents current research and program initiatives in pre-hospital and in-hospital care of the injured. Covers current program and policy issues related to the delivery of emergency medical services. Topics include technological advances in the acute care management of injuries, the regionalized approach to the delivery of emergency medical services, strategic planning for the financing of regionalized systems, manpower issues in the delivery of emergency care, to determinants and consequences of emergency department overcrowding and monitoring and appropriate methodologies for performance evaluation of trauma and EMS systems.