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After this lecture, the EMT should understand the need for a proper patient assessment when responding to patients whose chief complaint is medical in nature. The EMT should be able to differentiate between medical and traumatic emergencies but realize a patient may be suffering from both as well as the following knowledge domains:

Common Medical Emergencies

Nature of Illness determination

The Medical Patient Assessment 

Proper Patient Transport and Destination

Define Infectious and Communicable Diseases