Transcript Emergency Medical Technician-Basic

Emergency Medical
Technician-Basic
Course #B54-99-09
What’s on the Agenda?
• Introduction
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Instructor
Students
Website
Class Syllabus
Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Medical/Legal/Ethical issues
The Human Body (introduction)
Quiz
Introductions
• Introduction
Instructor
Students
Website
Class Syllabus
Introduction to Emergency Medical
Care
• Chapter 1
The EMS System
Components
*Medical Director
*Medical Direction
• Medical Director
• Medical Direction
Off-line
On-line
Well-Being of the EMT-B
• Chapter 2
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
Diseases of Concern
Diseases of Concern
• West Nile Virus
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (sars)
• Avian Flu
Communicable Diseases of Concern
• Hepatitis
• TB
• HIV/AIDS
Infection Control and the Law
• Ryan White CARE Act
Emotion and Stress
• Physiological Aspects
General Adaptation Syndrome
Stress
• Types
• Causes
• Signs and Symptoms
• Dealing
• CISM
Death and Dying
• Stages
• Dealing
Scene Safety
Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues
• Scope of Practice
• Consent and refusal
• Other legal aspects
The Human Body (introduction)
• Anatomical Terms
• Body Systems
Anatomical Terms
Anatomical Position
Midline
Medial
Lateral
Bilateral
Descriptive anatomical terms
• Anterior
• Posterior
• Ventral
• Dorsal
• Superior
• Inferior
• Proximal
• Distal
• Palmar
• Plantar
• Mid-Clavicular Line
• Abdominal Quadrants
• Positional Terms
Prone
Supine
Fowler’s
Trendelenberg