NCEMTBTP003 — EMT Refresher Section C
EMT Refresher C - Trauma Assessment and Management. Cost: $100.00. Prerequisites & Requirements: Prior to the start of an EMT Refresher class, students MUST send the following to [email protected] · Current BLS CPR card · EMT number · Date of Birth Station 1: Student shall correctly determine when and how to perform pediatric immobilization (commercial device, in car seat-intact and compromised) Station 2: Student shall properly perform: Securing a trauma patient via standing backboard, using C-collar, spider straps, quick clips, cravats Helmet removal Securing, lifting and moving the adult and special population geriatric patient Station 3: Student shall perform the correct management technique for: Closed soft tissue injury (RICES), open soft tissue injury, open chest wound, open abdominal wound, impaled object, burns, tourniquets Stabilizing injuries using rigid splints, air splint, vacuum splint, traction splint, MAST Station 4: Student shall perform the correct technique and verbalize the correct indications for: Spinal immobilization using a vest-style device and C-collar Rapid extrication 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 injuries Properly perform a complete patient assessment, including vital signs and HPI, to critically decide on appropriate patient management using O2 administration (proper device), airway adjuncts, splinting, bandaging and movement from a carrying device (i.e., stair chair, flexible stretcher, long board, vest-type device, scoop-style stretcher, etc.) to securing on a stretcher, and properly loading the patient into the ambulance.