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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
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EMT 089 - Skills Reinforcement for EMT 100 2 Credits, 4 Contact Hours 1 lecture period 3 lab periods Overview, techniques, and skills for pre-hospital emergency response. Includes equipment operations, communication, documentation, packaging, and patient assessment.
Recommendation: Concurrent enrollment in EMT 100 . If any recommended course is taken, see a financial aid or Veteran’s Affairs advisor to determine funding eligibility as appropriate. Information: Course supplements lecture time and laboratory experience for EMT 100 .
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate airway assessment and management techniques.
- Demonstrate the proper placement and operations of an Automatic External Defibrillation for adult, child, and infant.
- Demonstrate the use of personal protective equipment for Body Substance Isolation.
- Demonstrate patient packaging and techniques for vehicular extrication.
- Demonstrate proper assessment of medical patient.
- Demonstrate proper assessment of trauma patient.
Outline:
- Introduction to Emergency Care Training
- Scene Assessment and Response
- Standard precautions
- Hazardous materials
- Assessment Baseline Vitals
- Operations
- Ambulance
- Equipment
- Communication and documentation
- Extrication
- Airway Assessment, Obstruction, and Respiratory Arrest
- Practical use of airway adjuncts
- Practical use of oxygen therapy
- Patient Assessment and Evaluation
- Triage
- Trauma
- Medical
- Evaluation and Treatment of Injuries
- Bleeding, wounds, and shock
- Soft tissue injury care
- Musculoskeletal care
- Joint Immobilization
- Long Bone Immobilization
- Traction Splinting
- Spinal care
- Long Spine board
- KED’s
- Helmet Removal
- Evaluation and Treatment of Medical Emergencies
- Poison
- Bites and stings
- Cardiac
- Respiratory compromise
- Altered loc
- Diabetes
- Acute abdominal problems
- Seizures
- Emergency Childbirth
- Environmental Emergencies
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2017/18
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