EMT Refresher Class: Section B - Medical Assessment and Management

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COMPETENCIES

Station 1

Student can identify proper application of:

• CPR for adult, pediatric and infant patients in accordance with the 2010 AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care guidelines

• CPR using a mechanical CPR device in accordance with manufacturer’s guidelines

Station 2

Student can identify proper application and use of:

• Patient-assisted medications (nitro, epi-auto injector, meter dose inhaler, aspirin, glucose)

• A medical patient assessment

Station 3

Student shall appropriately demonstrate assisting with:

• Abnormal cephalic delivery and a complicated delivery

• Post-delivery care

Scenario Skills Evaluation

• One shall be a pediatric patient and one shall be an adult patient

• Team of two or three EMTs

• Proper equipment and realistic scenario describing the circumstances of the patient’s illness

• Properly perform a complete patient assessment, including vital signs and HPI, to critically decide on appropriate patient management using oxygen administration, airway adjuncts and patient prescribed medication

• CPR

• Properly and safely transfer a patient to a carrying device (i.e., stair chair, flexible stretcher, blanket, etc.), then to a stretcher, and finally loaded and secured within the ambulance

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Event Type: EMT & EMS

Keyword: emergency | health professionals