EMT 223 - ALS Trauma Emergencies and Systems

1.      Formulate a field impression of a trauma patient.

2.      Implement a field treatment plan for a trauma patient through a systemic approach.

3.      Utilize the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a burn injury.

4.      Utilize the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with the isolated/ multi-systems trauma.

5.      Discuss common trends and changes in healthcare, and demonstrate the ability to integrate roles and responsibilities by formulating a field impression and implementing simulated patient care following guidelines, protocols, and standing orders.

1.      Apply the principles of kinematics to enhance the patient assessment and predict the likelihood of injuries based on the patient’s mechanism of injury.

2.      Utilize the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient in shock.

3.      Utilize the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with a burn injury.

4.      Utilize the assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement the treatment plan for the patient with isolated/multi-systems trauma.

5.      Discuss common trends and changes in healthcare, and demonstrate the ability to integrate roles and responsibilities by formulating a field impression and implementing simulated patient care following guidelines, protocols, and standing orders.

I.        Introduction and the Kinematics of Trauma

A.     Definition of trauma and societal impacts

B.     Mechanisms of injury and building on the indices of suspicion

C.     Age-specific and cultural considerations

D.     Mechanisms of illnesses and injuries

E.     Field impressions, treatment plans, communications and transport decisions

F.      Guidelines, protocols, standing orders, and the trauma network

II.       Shock

A.     Overview

B.     Pathophysiology and compensatory mechanisms throughout the levels of body organization

C.     Stages and signs and symptoms of shock

D.     Shock classifications and assessment and management-specific criteria for the different classifications of shock

E.     Age-specific and cultural considerations

F.      Formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan based on the mechanism(s) of illness and injury for the shock patient

G.     Guidelines, protocols, and standing orders

III.      Burn Injuries

A.     Definition, mechanisms, and classifications

B.     Pathophysiology and compensatory mechanisms throughout the levels of body organization

C.     Assessment and management-specific criteria for the different classifications of burn injuries

D.     Age-specific and cultural considerations

E.     Formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan based on the mechanism(s) of illness and injury for the burn patient

F.      Guidelines, protocols, and standing orders

IV.      Isolated and Multi-systems Trauma

A.     Head and facial injuries

B.     Spinal cord injuries

C.     Thoracic trauma

D.     Abdominal-pelvic injuries

E.     Musculo-skeletal trauma

F.      Multi-systems trauma

G.     Medical insult and trauma

H.     Age-specific and cultural considerations

I.       Formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan based on the mechanism(s) of illness and injury for the burn patient

J.      Guidelines, protocols, and standing orders

V.      Integration

A.     Current trends and changes

B.     Demonstration of skills and knowledge competencies