EMT 091 - Ambulance Operations

1. Explain when and why lights and sirens are operated.
2. Demonstrate, with a partner, how to properly load and off load a patient.
3. Demonstrate safe gurney operation with and without a patient.
4. Perform CPR in a moving ambulance.
5. Describe safety requirements for operating an ambulance, with focus on driving with due regard for the safety of others.
6. Demonstrate how to safely operate an ambulance, and maneuver through an obstacle course.

1. Ambulance Operations: Code Driving, Lights, and Sirens
   1. Code 2
   2. Code 3
   3. When lights are used
   4. When siren is used
   5. Different tones
   6. Intersections
   7. Following another unit
2. Tiered Response System
   1. What is it?
   2. Types of calls for Code 2
   3. Types of calls for Code 3
3. Gurney Operations and Loading/Off Loading Patients
   1. How the gurney works
   2. Gurney color codes: what they mean
   3. Weight limits
   4. IV placement
   5. Storage
   6. Direction of the patient (head first)
   7. Trendelenburg position
   8. Positioning difficult airway patient (short of breath)
   9. CPR in the ambulance
4. Driver Training and Obstacle Course
   1. Orientation to vehicle
   2. Safety checks
      1. Fuel
      2. Lights
      3. Sirens
      4. Oil
      5. H2O
      6. Belts
      7. Equipment
   3. Starting a diesel engine
   4. Mirror checks
   5. Serpentine
   6. Backing the vehicle
   7. Acting as the patient while someone else drives (experiencing due regard) for safety
   8. Close stop (stop close to cone without assistance)
   9. Close backing (same as stop but in reverse)