UEMT 100 - Emergency Medical Technology

Techniques of pre-hospital emergency medical care for the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Includes history of emergency medical care delivery systems, roles and responsibilities of emergency medical services (EMS) providers, ethical and legal issues, and patient assessment. Also includes symptoms of illnesses, injuries, medical emergencies, appropriate medical techniques, triage, and ambulance operations.

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Perform one and two person CPR: Adult, Child, and Infant based on the American Heart
Association current standards.
2. Appropriately manage scene safety including proper placement and removal of personal protective
gear in the workplace.
3. Define priorities of care and the components of a tiered response system.
4. Define the role, scope of practice. Legal and ethical responsibilities of the Emergency Medical
Technician.
5. Perform and appropriately manage and stabilize patients of all ages suffering from airway
obstructions, respiratory arrests, and cardiac arrest.
6. Perform and appropriately manage and stabilize patients of all ages suffering from bleeding, soft
tissue injuries, burns, fractures, shock, and nervous system injuries.

Outline:
I. Emergency Medical Technician Preparation

A. Emergency medical care – origin and structure
B. Well-being of the EMT
C. Medical, legal and ethical issues
D. The human body
E. Baseline vital signs and SAMPLE history

II. Airway

A. Obstruction
B. Use of airway adjuncts
C. Oxygen delivery

III. Patient Assessment

A. Assessment
B. Communication
- Communication systems and equipment
- Regulations and protocol for radio communication
- Effective communication with patients from all segments of population
- Psychological aspects of emergency care
C. Documentation: written reports

IV. Evaluating Injuries: Bleeding, Wounds, and Shock

A. Soft tissue injuries
B. Musculo-skeletal care and fractures of the upper extremities
C. Fractures of the pelvis, hip and lower extremities
D. Injuries to head, neck, face, and spine
E. Injuries to chest, abdomen, and genitalia
F. Dressing and bandaging
G. Spine and fracture immobilization
H. Pneumatic counter-pressure devices (MAST)

I. Shock: signs, symptoms, and emergency care.
V. Medical Emergencies

General pharmacology
Respiratory emergencies
- Characteristics
- Significance
Cardiovascular emergencies
- Symptoms
- Use of automated external defibrillator (AED)
- General patient care
Neurologic emergencies
The acute abdomen
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Potential causes
- Referred pain
Diabetic emergencies
- Two types of emergencies
- Patient assessment
- Treatment
- Blood glucose monitoring procedures
- Indications and contraindications
- Regulatory issues
Allergic reactions, stings, and bites
- Causes, signs, and symptoms
- Anaphylaxis
- Interventions including the use of epinephrine auto-injectors
Substance abuse and poisoning
Environmental emergencies
- Burns
- Hazardous materials
- Drowning
Behavioral emergencies
- Acute psychological disturbances
- Chronic psychological disturbances
- Techniques for interaction with emotionally disturbed patients
- Critical incidence stress debriefing
Obstetrics and gynecological emergencies
- Childbirth in the field
- Breech delivery
- Prolapsed umbilical cord
- Spontaneous abortion
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS

VI. Transporting Patients

A. Principles of extrication
B. Patient packaging
C. Lifting and moving patients

VII. Ambulance Operations and Safe Driving

Regulations
Forms and reporting
Maintenance of vehicle and equipment
Emergency procedures
Scene control
Special scene situation

VIII. Disaster Management

Triage
WMD’s

IX. Assisting with Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Intravenous lines
- Purpose of intravenous lines and the monitoring of intravenous lines by the Emergency
Medical Technician
- Types and sizes of intravenous cannulas, tubing, etc.
- Intravenous fluids the Emergency Medical Technician is approved to monitor
- Assessment and monitoring
- Trouble-shooting intravenous lines
Cardiac monitoring
Intubation