MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

EMT200  2005 Fall – 2012 Summer II

Refresher Course for Certified Emergency Medical Technicians

1.

Describe the scope of the duties of the basic emergency medical technician. (I)

2.

Describe the medical/legal aspects and quality improvement components in EMT-Basic patient care. (I)

3.

Identify and perform the processes of initial and ongoing assessment, the detailed physical exam, focused history, and vital signs. (II)

4.

Identify significant findings in Number 3 that indicate an emergency in any of the following categories: medical, environmental, traumatic, or surgical. (II)

5.

Identify and care for a patient in need of basic life support. (III)

6.

Use mechanical aids to breathing and circulation. (IV)

7.

Identify and treat a patient in shock, including use of the pneumatic antishock garment (PASG). (V)

8.

Identify and treat injuries to the head, chest, abdomen, and genitalia. (VI)

9.

Demonstrate procedures facilitating patient's prescribed medications. (VI, IX, X)

10.

Identify and treat soft tissue injuries. (VII)

11.

Stabilize and splint muscular skeletal injuries in the extremities. (VIII)

12.

Identify and treat injuries to the skull, brain, neck, and spine. (VI, VIII)

13.

Identify and treat a patient with metabolic emergency. (IX)

14.

Identify and treat a patient with toxicological emergency. (X)

15.

Identify signs and symptoms of patients with a communicable disease. (XI)

16.

Identify and treat gynecologic and obstetrical emergencies. (XII)

17.

Identify and treat pediatric emergencies to include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). (XIII)

18.

Identify and treat patients with behavioral emergencies. (XIV)

19.

Identify and treat patients with environmental emergencies. (XV)

20.

Apply techniques used in lifting, moving, positioning, or extricating patients as to minimize discomfort and additional injury. (XVI)

21.

Identify and use equipment assigned to ambulance and rescue vehicles. (XVII)

22.

Triage and categorize patient care by priorities in a simulated disaster. (XVIII)

23.

Respond to a simulated hazardous incident and identify management procedures. (XIX)

24.

Identify and treat the pulseless patient including the use of the semi-automatic defibrillator. (XX)

25.

Assess the site of a peripheral intravenous infusion to determine patency of the line or infiltration. (XXI)

26.

Monitor the rate of delivery of an intravenous infusion solution. (XXI)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

EMT200  2005 Fall – 2012 Summer II

Refresher Course for Certified Emergency Medical Technicians

I. Medical Legal Aspects

A. Roles and responsibilities

B. Rules and regulations

C. Consents

D. Negligence

E. Quality improvement

II. Patient Assessment

A. Surveys

B. Vital signs

III. Basic Life Support

A. One- and two-person adult rescue

B. One- and two-person pediatric rescue

C. Adult obstructive maneuver

D. Infant rescue

E. Pediatric obstructive maneuver

F. Infant obstructive maneuver

G. Mechanical aids to breathing and circulation

IV. Airway Management and Adjuncts

A. Assessment

B. Devices and techniques

1. Basic adjuncts

2. Automatic transport ventilators

V. Shock

A. Pathophysiology

B. Devices and techniques

VI. Review of Systems, Common Disorders, and Management to Include Facilitation of Prescribed Medications

A. Cardiovascular

B. Respiratory

C. Gastrointestinal

D. Urinary

E. Metabolic

F. Reproductive

G. Neurologic

H. Musculoskeletal

VII. Soft Tissue Injuries

A. Wound management

B. Control of bleeding

C. Immobilization techniques

VIII. Musculoskeletal Injuries

A. Immobilization devices

1. Kendrick's Extrication Device (KED)

2. HARE (copyright) traction device

3. Long and short boards

4. C-spine immobilization devices

B. Packaging for transportation

IX. Metabolic Emergencies

A. Insulin shock

B. Diabetic ketoacidosis

C. Facilitation of prescribed medications

D. Other

X. Toxic Emergencies

A. Ingested, injected, absorbed

B. Hazardous incidents

C. Alcohol and drug use and abuse

D. Facilitation of prescribed medications

XI. Communicable Diseases

A. Prevention to include immunization

B. Protection to include devices

XII. Gynecologic and Obstetrical Emergencies

A. Maternal assessment

B. Delivery techniques

C. Care of the newborn

D. Ectopic pregnancy

E. Infectious diseases

F. Rape and abuse

XIII. Pediatric Emergencies

A. Drowning

B. Fall injuries

C. Medical emergencies

D. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

XIV. Behavioral Emergencies

A. Senile dementia

B. Chronic mental illness

C. Paranoid behavior

D. Suicidal behavior

E. Other

XV. Environmental Emergencies

A. Heat

B. Cold

C. Drowning

D. Mountain rescue

E. Other

XVI. Immobilization and Transportation

A. Lifting, moving, and positioning patients

B. Care during transportation

XVII. Ambulance Operations

A. Lifting and moving

B. Stabilization

C. Equipment

D. Other

XVIII. Simulated Disaster

A. Triage

B. Incident Command

XIX. Simulated Hazardous Incident

A. Recognition

B. Resources

XX. Semi-Automatic Defibrillator (SAED)

A. Indications

B. Contraindications

C. Safety

D. Maintenance

E. Documentation

XXI. Intravenous IV Monitoring

A. Assessment of site

1. Infiltration

2. Patency

3. Asepsis

B. Rate of infusion

1. Macrodrip

2. Microdrip