Course curriculum
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Live Class Access & Course Details
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- PCP / ACP Review Course Outline [November 2025 Sheet] [updated]
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Pre-Course Bonuses
- PCP Basic Dump Sheet
- Step by Step Scenario Check List
- Pharmacology Cards
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Before You Start
- 3 Reasons you get multiple choice questions wrong
- The Exam Strategy Workbook
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The Foundations and Operations
- Introduction to Laws in EMS
- Patient Confidentiality
- Advanced Directives
- Adult Refusals
- Pediatric Refusals
- Negligence and Harm
- Mandatory Reporting
- Ambulance Operations
- Mass Casualty Operations
- A Deep Dive Into Vital Signs
- Consent and Refusals quiz
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Airway, Oxygen and Ventilation
- The Not So Basics of Oxygen and Ventilation
- Opening The Airway Skills
- Deep Dive Into ETCO2 (Using End Tidal CO2)
- Airway and Oxygenation Quiz
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Respiratory Emergencies
- COPD
- Foreign Body Obstruction
- Asthma
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pneumonia
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- The Mechanics of Breathing
- The Movement of Blood
- The Movement of Air
- The Alveoulus
- Perfusion
- Inspiration and Expiration
- Lung Volumes
- What Controls Respiration?
- Ventilation and Perfusion Ratio
- Respiratory Disorders Quiz
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Cardiac Emergencies
- Heart Failure
- What is Cardiac Arrest?
- How ETCO2 Help Manage Cardiac Arrest
- Defibrillation
- Maximizing Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
- Angina
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Inferior Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Pathophysiology of Anterior and Lateral Myocardial Infarction
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Angina, NSTEMI and STEMI Pathophysiology
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Cardiac Physiology
- Cardiac Disorders Quiz
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Electrocardiograms (ECGs)
- Introducing the ECG
- Limb Lead Placement
- What Drives the Heart?
- Rate and Regularity
- 1st Degree Heart Block
- 2nd Degree Heart Block
- 3rd Degree Heart Block
- Ventricular Rhythms
- Junctional Rhythms
- Sinus Rhythms
- The QT Interval
- The T Wave
- The P Wave and Interval
- The QRS
- Symptomatic Bradycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Atrial Fibrillation and Rapid Ventricular Response (RVR)
- Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
- Torsades de Pointes
- The rules to ECG interpretation
- Introduction to 4 Lead ECGs
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Traumatic Emergencies
- Trauma Assessment
- Mechanics of Trauma
- Concussions
- Skull Fractures
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Epidural Bleed
- Intracranial Bleed
- Cerebral Herniation
- Scalp Lacerations
- Le Forte Fractures
- Eyes, Ears and Teeth Trauma
- Neck Trauma
- Flail Chest
- Sucking Chest Wound
- Cardiac Contusion
- Pulmonary Contusion
- Rare Chest Trauma
- Abdominal Trauma
- Pelvic Trauma
- Solid VS Hollow Organ Trauma
- Blast Trauma
- Blood Loss and Shock
- Tourniquet Application
- Pathophysiology and treatment of burns
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Endocrine Emergencies
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Physiology
- Hypoglycemia and Mechanism of Glucose
- Insulin and Glucagon Physiology
- Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Mechanism of Insulin
- Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemia Non-Ketotic Pathology (HHNK)
- Endocrine Physiology
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Drug and Overdose Emergencies
- Stimulant Overdose
- Beta-Blockers Overdose
- Organophosphate Poisoning
- Alcohol Poisoning and Withdrawl
- Aspirin (Salicylate) Overdose
- Opioid Overdose
- Tricyclic Antidepressant (TCA) Overdose
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Overdose
- Original Overdoses
- New Age Overdoses
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Sepsis
- Sepsis
- Pathophysiology and Management of Sepsis
- Types of Exposure and Ways To Protect Yourself
- Pathophysiology of Viral Infections
- Pathophysiology of Bacteria Infection
- Infectious disease and sepsis quiz
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Pharmacology
- Foundations of Pharmacology
- Cardiac Pharmacology
- Diabetic Pharmacology
- Respiratory Pharmacology
- Epinephrine Mechanism of Action
- Pharmacology Quiz
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Fluid Administration
- The Purpose of Fluid Administration
- Fluid Distribution
- Fluid Tonicity
- Crystalloids
- Hypertonic Fluids
- Parkland Formula
- Cardiogenic Shock: Relative and Contraindications
- Sepsis: Fluid Challenge vs Fluid Administration
- Compensatory Mechanism in Dehydration and Shock
- Adult Trauma
- Fluid compartments and Isotonic fluids
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Acid - Base Physiology
- pH Balance
- Phosphate and Protein Buffer Systems
- Bicarbonate - Carbonic Acid Buffer System
- How is CO2 Regulated?
- How is H+ Regulated?
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Understanding Shock
- Pathophysiology of Shock
- Obstructive Shock
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Distributive Shock
- Hypovolemic Shock
- Neurogenic Shock
- Seizures
- Shock Quiz
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Neurologic Emergencies
- Strokes
- Seizures
- How the Nervous System Sends Transmissions
- The Central Nervous System
- The Peripheral Nervous System
- Action Potential
- The Synapse
- The Autonomic Nervous System
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Obstetric Emergencies
- Fetal Circulation
- Obstetrical Assessment
- Supine Hypotensive Syndrome
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia
- Miscarriage and Spontaneous Abortion
- Delivery of an Infant
- Delivery Emergencies
- Infant CPR
- Neonate Assessment and Management
- OBGYN Quiz
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Environmental Emergencies
- Thermoregulation
- Hypothermia
- Hypothermia Management
- What Is Frost Bite?
- Levels of Hyperthermia
- High Altitude Illness
- Submersion and Drowning Emergencies
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Behavioural Emergencies
- Mental Health and Consent Principles
- Patterns of Violence, Abuse and Neglect
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation, Excited Delirium and Anxiety
- Depression
- Acute Psychosis
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Pediatrics
- Dealing With Pediatrics and Their Parents
- Pediatric Assessment Triangle
- Pediatric Blood Pressure
- Pediatric Respiratory Distress and Ventilation
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Exam Preparation
- Exam Strategy Introduction
- Going too Fast
- Grasping the Content
- Understanding the Qestion
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November 2025 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- COPR Prep Day 1 | November 3rd, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 2 | November 4th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | November 5th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | November 5th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 | November 6th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 | November 7th, 2025
- COPR Prep Q&A | November 10th, 2025
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August 2025 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 | August 18th, 2025 with Geoff Murphy
- COPR Prep Day 1 | Recorded Lesson (Part 1)
- COPR Prep Day 1 | Recorded Lesson (Part 2)
- COPR Prep Day 1 | Recorded Lesson (Part 3)
- COPR Prep Day 1 | Recorded Lesson (Part 4)
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 | August 19th, 2025 with Geoff Murphy
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | Recorded Lesson | August 19th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | Recorded Lesson | August 19th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | Recorded Lesson
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | Recorded Lesson
- COPR Prep Day 5 | Recorded Lesson
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June 2025 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | Recorded Lesson | June 23rd, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | Recorded Lesson | June 23rd, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | Live Lesson | June 24th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | Live Lesson | June 24th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | Recorded Lesson | June 25th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | Recorded Lesson | June 25th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | Live Lesson | June 26th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | Live Lesson | June 26th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 1) | Live Lesson | June 27th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 2) | Live Lesson | June 27th, 2025
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April 2025 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | April 14th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | April 14th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | April 15th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | April 15th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | April 16th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | April 16th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | April 17th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | April 17th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 1) | April 18th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 2) | April 18th, 2025
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January 2025 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | January 27th, 2025
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | January 27th, 2025
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | January 28th, 2025
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | January 28th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | January 29th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | January 29th, 2025
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | January 30th, 2025
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | January 30th, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 1) | January 31st, 2025
- COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 2) | January 31st, 2025
- Trauma: Chest, Spine, Head Injuries and Blood Loss (Bonus Lesson) [October 23rd, 2024 recording]
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October 2024 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | October 21st, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | October 21st, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | October 22nd, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | October 22nd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 | October 23rd, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | October 24th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | October 24th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 5 | October 25th, 2024
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August 2024 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | August 26th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | August 26th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | August 27th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | August 27th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 3 | August 28th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | August 29th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | August 29th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 | August 30th, 2024
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June 2024 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 1 | June 10th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | June 11th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | June 11th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 3 | June 12th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | June 13th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | June 13th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 | June 14th, 2024
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April 2024 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 | April 22nd, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | April 23rd, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | April 23rd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 | April 24th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | April 25th, 2024
- Recorded COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | April 25th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 | April 26th, 2024
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January 2024 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | January 22nd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | January 22nd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | January 23rd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | January 23rd, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | January 24th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | January 24th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | January 25th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | January 25th, 2024
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 | January 26th, 2024
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October 2023 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | Oct. 23rd, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | Oct. 23rd, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 3) | Oct. 23rd, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 4) | Oct. 23rd, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | Oct. 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | Oct. 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 3) | Oct. 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 4) | Oct. 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | Oct. 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | Oct. 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 3) | Oct. 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 4) | Oct. 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | Oct. 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | Oct. 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 3) | Oct. 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 4) | Oct. 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 1) - Oct. 27th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 2) - Oct. 27th, 2023
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July 2023 COPR Prep Session Recordings
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 1) | July 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 2) | July 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 3) | July 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 1 (Part 4) | July 24th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 1) | July 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 2) | July 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 3) | July 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 2 (Part 4) | July 25th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 1) | July 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 3 (Part 2) | July 26th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 1) | July 27th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 4 (Part 2) | July 27th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 1) | July 28th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 2) | July 28th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 3) | July 28th, 2023
- Live COPR Prep Day 5 (Part 4) | July 28th, 2023
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Meet Your Lead Instructor Mike Turconi
Recipient of COPR’s ACP Award of Excellence for 2020
Michael Turconi grew up in the outskirts of Milan, Italy. He completed high school in a military boarding institution. Michael joined the Army with the objective of becoming a Special Forces soldier. He volunteered for Special Forces selection in 2012 and fulfilled a lifelong passion for medicine by specializing as a NATO Special Operations Combat Medic (NSOCM). He deployed three times to Iraq as the senior medic for Special Forces Operational Detachment 51 of the 9th Regiment “Col Moschin”. Michael was recognized as the International Medic of the Year 2017 by the Special Operations Medical Association (Charlotte, USA) and awarded a Silver Cross for Merit by the Italian Army.
Michael immigrated to Canada in 2018 and pursued paramedic equivalency in Newfoundland receiving his PCP designation in 2019. In October 2020 Michael joined Eastern Health Paramedicine and Medical Transport (PMT) in St. John’s where he currently works as an ACP.
Michael is a Board Certified Flight and Tactical Paramedic (FP-C, TP-C), a Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructor and holds a Bachelor of Science in Paramedic Studies with First Class Honours obtained at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. Michael has published multiple peer reviewed papers and contributed to the US Department of Defence Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines on sepsis management in the field. He has also participated as a speaker and lecturer at conferences in USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany and Australia.
Parallel to paramedic practice, Michael collaborates with numerous private and government organizations as a consultant in military and tactical medicine. He also collaborates as an instructor for the online platform Master Your Medics.
