EMT 140 - Paramedic 1

• Roles and Responsibilities
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of being an advanced life support provider.
  • Discuss the medical and legal issues associated with providing advanced life support care.
  • Acknowledge the cultural, spiritual, and emotional needs of the patient.
  • Exhibit professional behavior during patient interaction.
• Medical Terminology
  • Discuss an accepted format for dissemination of patient information in verbal form, either in person or over the radio.
  • Discuss the proper format to document the essential elements of patient assessment, care, and transport.
  • Demonstrate the proper procedure for verbal and written communications.
  • Demonstrate calculating medication dosages using appropriate formulas.
  • Describe the causes, clinical presentation and field management of a patient in cardiogenic shock.
• Infectious Disease
  • Integrate principles of infectious disease precautions.
  • Demonstrate proper body substance isolation precautions.
  • Describe the proper techniques for body substance isolation.
  • Discuss the pathophysiology of TB, Hepatitis, HlV, and meningitis.
• Physical Assessment
  • Obtain a patient history.
  • Discuss cultural and ethical issues impacting patient care
  • Explain the significance of physical exam findings commonly encountered In emergency situations.
  • Perform a physical assessment on patients with medical and traumatic problems.
  • Formulate a field impression based on medical history and physical assessment findings.
  • Discuss the components of a detailed and on-going assessment
  • Differentiate the components of a primary and secondary survey for the trauma and medical patient.
  • Integrate the principles of therapeutic communication while providing patient care.
  • Integrate the findings from the physical assessment and the history to determine a diagnosis/plan of care.
  • Identify abnormal assessment findings.
  • Identify the differences assessing the pediatric and elderly patient.
  • Acknowledge own emotions and value system and the emotions and value system displayed by the patient during care.
• Airway Management and Ventilation
  • Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system.
  • Identify the difference between the adult and pediatric patient.
  • Defend the use of oxygen therapy for the adult and pediatric patient.
  • Demonstrate the proper utilization of manual airway maneuvers for the adult and pediatric patient.
  • Explain the purpose of airway adjuncts for multilumen airways.
  • Demonstrate the proper utilization of adjunctive airway equipment, multilumen airways and suctioning.
  • Describe the steps of oral endotracheal intubation.
  • Demonstrate proper techniques for oral endotracheal intubation for the adult and pediatric patient.
  • List the complications of endotracheal intubation.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for endotracheal tube suctioning.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for gastric decompression.
  • Discuss the pathophysiology and treatment of airway obstruction.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for removal of foreign body airway obstruction.
• Emergency Pharmacology
  • Defend the utilization of medications as part of the treatment plan.
  • Discuss medication classification and general properties of medications.
  • Describe the methods of medication administration.
  • Identify the equipment used for parenteral medication administration.
  • Describe the principles surrounding safe medication administration.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for medication administration via the parenteral route.
  • Discuss the indications, dosages, and side effects of medications given by the advanced life support provider.
  • Accurately calculate a dose of any given medication in milligrams/milliliter or milligrams//kilogram/minute.
  • Discuss the differences in medication administration in the pediatric, geriatric, and pregnant patient.
  • Discuss the physiological changes associated with medication administration.
  • Defend the use of intravenous therapy.
  • List the steps for intravenous insertion, blood draw through an angiocatheter, drip rate calculation, and pump infusion.
  • Demonstrate the proper technique for intravenous insertion, blood draw through an angiocatheter and rate calculation.
• Trauma
  • Explain the kinematics of traumatic injuries.
  • Describe the general system pathophysiology, assessment and management of hemorrhage and shock.
  • Describe the system pathophysiology, assessment, and management of burn injuries.
  • Describe the general system pathophysiology, assessment and management of thoracic trauma.
  • Demonstrate the practical skins of assessing and managing a traumatic injury.
  • Identify the patient who has experienced a traumatic injury.
  • Describe the general system pathophysiology, assessment and management of injuries affecting the geriatric patient.
  • Describe the general system pathophysiology, assessment and management of injuries affecting the pediatric patient.