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EMS 483 - Operations

Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 15
Course Type: Voc/Tech
This course covers Modules VII and VIII of the DOT National Standard Curriculum for EMT Paramedics. Guidelines for safe medical transport, general incident management, rescue and crime scene management will be covered. The lab component will include the principles of triage, rescue operations and hazardous materials incidents. Paramedic skills checklists will be used to assist in completion of the course.
Prerequisite: EMS 480  
Competencies
  1. Discuss standards to ensure safe and effective ground transport.
    1. Define the concept of due regard.
    2. Identify the false sense of security with lights and sirens.
    3. Exhibit how to park and load an ambulance.
  2. Discuss standards to ensure safe and effective air medical transport.
    1. Describe the advantages of air transport.
    2. Describe the disadvantages of air transport.
    3. Recognize how to activate air transport in your area.
  3. Integrate the principles of general incident management and multiple casualty incident. (MCI)management techniques.
    1. Define Incident Command System.
    2. Define National Incident Management System.
  4. Integrate the principles of rescue awareness and operations to safely rescue a pateint from water.
    1. Describe how water temperature affects rescue.
    2. Demonstrate basic water rescue techniques.
    3. Define recirculating currents.
  5. Recognize the human hazard of crime and vilence.
    1. Describe scenarios when you may observe violence.
    2. Describe safe operation at crime scenes.
    3. Define precautions which need to be taken when at the scene of any violent crime.
  6. Describe when tactical considerations may be needed in EMS.
    1. Demonstrate cover and concealment.
  7. Describe how to preserve the evidence at a crime scene.
    1. Describe types of evidence.
    2. Define particulate evidence.
    3. Describe chain of evidence.
  8. Identify situations unique to rural EMS.
    1. Define rural EMS.
    2. Determine communication difficulties in rural EMS areas.
    3. Describe how distance and time affect rural EMS areas.
  9. Discuss challenges facing rural EMS providers.
    1. Discuss quality assurance.
    2. Describe standards of same care.
    3. Determine ways to ensure standards of care.
  10. Identify weapons of mass destruction.
    1. Define explosives.
    2. Define chemical weapons.
    3. Define biological weapons.
  11. Describe safety precautions with terrorist acts.
    1. Determine special safety equipment.
    2. Describe precautions during nuclear attacks.
    3. Describe precautions during chemical attacks.
  12. Identify the elements of a scene size up.
    1. Describe the likely injuries.
    2. Describe special patient management considerations.



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