Course Description
A variety of medical emergencies including obstetric and gynecologic, pediatric-neonatal, and trauma will be studied in-depth. Classroom and clinical experience will be focused on transportation of critical patients, Emergency Management System operations command and control, vehicle rescue, tactical EMS, crime scene and hazardous materials awareness. Pediatric Advanced Life Support along with International Trauma Life Support will be studied.
Prerequisite(s)
Course Fee
$200
Topical Outline
- Trauma Systems/Mechanism of Injury
- Burns
- Bleeding/ Soft Tissue Injuries
- Head and Facial Trauma
- Spinal Trauma
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Thoracic Trauma / Abdominal Trauma
- CEVO 4 Training
- Putting it all together Trauma Lab
- Needle Decompression / Splinting / Bandaging / Surgical & Needle Cricothyrotomy / Immobilization
- EMS Operations Command & Control/ Disaster Response & Domestic Preparedness
- MCI Practical’s /Environmental
- Region 7 SMO Review and Testing of SMO/Rhythm
- Coroner Visit and Crime Scene Investigations
- Haz-Mat Awareness
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Manage responsibility and accountability for pre-hospital care while practicing within the legal, ethical and regulatory scopes of EMS practice.
- Manage major classification of medications according to mechanism of action, clinical condition used to treat, therapeutic effect, side effect, indications, contraindications, dosages and administration routes.
- Create effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication with clients and health care team members.
- Implement critical thinking skills in pre-hospital emergencies using evidenced based practicefor decision-making.
- Formulate the most appropriate treatment plan base on the patient assessment.
- Implement the most appropriate intervention based on EKG interpretation.
- Integrate a triage system based on assessment in a mass casualty incident.