EMS 125A EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER APPROVED: February 3, 2012 EFFECTIVE: SPRING 2012
Prefix & Number EMS 125A formerly EMS 122 Course Title: Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Purpose of this submission: New Change/Updated Retire If this is a change, what is being changed? Update Prefix Course Description (Check all that apply) Title Course Number Format Change Credits Prerequisite Competencies Textbook/Reviewed Competencies-no changes needed Does this course require additional fees? No Yes If so, please explain. There are fees associated with this program to cover the costs of certification, materials, and testing. Is there a similar course in the course bank? No Yes (Please identify) Articulation: Is this course or an equivalent offered at other two and four-year universities in Arizona? No Yes (Identify the college, subject, prefix, number and title: Is this course identified as a Writing Across the Curriculum course? No Yes Course Textbook, Materials and Equipment Textbook(s) Title Emergency Medical Responder: First on Scene Author(s) Le Baudour, Bergeron, Bizjak & Wesley Publisher Prentice Hall ISBN ISBN-10: 0135125707 ISBN-13: 9780135125700 Barnes & Noble Price $92.00 OR Title Emergency Medical Responder: First on Scene **E-BOOK** Author(s) Le Baudour, Bergeron, Bizjak & Wesley Publisher Prentice Hall ISBN ISBN-10: 0135113504 ISBN-13: 9780135113509 Barnes & Noble Price $32.00 Software/ Equipment Computer with internet access capable of running Microsoft Office, playing videos in DVD format, and running all other 3 rd party programs associated with the developed course package. Computer must also be able to play sound at a level audible to all students. Proxima type projector linked to computer All associated equipment outlined in Arizona Administrative Code R9-25-305
Room must also be able to accommodate need for manipulative skills performed by students. Modality Check all that apply On-ground On-line Hybrid ITV Web-enhanced Course Assessments Description of Possible Course Assessments (Essays, multiple choice, etc.) Exams standardized for this course? Midterm Final Other (Please specify): Students are required to pass a practical skills examination at the conclusion of the course. Where can faculty members locate or access the required standardized exams for this course? (Contact Person and Location) Example: NCK Academic Chair Office 1. Practice Quizzes - The student must successfully complete several practice quizzes. 2. Chapter Quizzes -The student must successfully complete several chapter quizzes. 3. Final Exam The student must successfully complete a final written exam compliant with Arizona Administrative Code R9-25-305 B 9. 4. Discussion Topics The student will be required to participate in weekly discussion topics. 5. Homework Assignments The student will be required to complete several homework assignments throughout the program Are exams required by the department? No Yes If Yes, please specify: All exams located in the prepared course materials are mandatory. LHC EMS Program Director NCK Public Safety Office Angel EMS Repository Student Outcomes: Identify the general education goals for student learning that is a component of this course. Check all that apply: 1. Communicate effectively. a. Read and comprehend at a college level. b. Write effectively in a college setting. 2. Demonstrate effective quantitative reasoning and problem solving skills. Method of Assessment Multiple Choice Quizzes, Exams, and Tests. Written weekly discussion topics. Assigned term paper. Multiple Choice Quizzes, Exams, and Tests. Manipulative Practical Exam 3. Demonstrate effective qualitative reasoning skills. Multiple Choice Quizzes, Exams, and Tests. Manipulative Practical Exam 4. Apply effective methods of inquiry.
a. Generate research paper by gathering information from varied sources, analyzing data and organizing information into a coherent structure. b. Employ the scientific method. 5. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity a. Experience the creative products of humanity. b. Describe alternate historical, cultural, global perspectives. Office of Instruction Use only: CIP Code: ONET Code: Minimum Qualifications:
COURSE INFORMATION Initiator: Shawn Lawless Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-Committee: Feb. 3, 2012 Effective Semester/Year Fall Spring 2012 Summer Prefix & Number: EMS 125A Full Title: (100 character limit) Emergency Medical Responder Short Title: (30 character limit) EMR Catalog Course Description: Introductory course for the student who aspires to become a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Responder. Student learning will focus on initial assessment and patient stabilization, proper use of equipment such as automatic external defibrillators, as well as legal issues, scope of practice, documentation, communication, and ambulance protocols. This course is designed to meet all State and National requirements and follows the current National Standard Curriculum and Arizona State Department of Health Services-EMS Division State Statutes to prepare in testing for EMR Level via the National Registry Written Examination. SUN Course Number: Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s) 18 years of age at completion of the program Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 Completed Application Packet and acceptance into program. Students must also complete a physical, drug screening and background check prior to acceptance to the program. Student must also have proof of immunizations outlined in the application Packet. Co-requisite(s) None Intended Course Goals By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Describe the roles of EMS in the health care system. 2. Demonstrate the professional attributes expected of EMR s. 3. Perform the roles and responsibilities of an EMR with regard to personal safety and wellness, as well as the safety of others 4. Perform the duties of an EMR with regard for medical-legal and ethical issues, including functioning under medical direction and within the scope of practice. 5. Apply principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, life span development, and therapeutic communications to the assessment and management of patients.
6. Identify the need for and perform immediately lifesaving interventions to manage a patient s airway, breathing, and circulation. 7. Assess and manage patients of all ages with a variety of complaints, medical conditions, and traumatic injuries.
Course Competencies and Objectives By the end of the semester, students will be able to: Competency 1 Apply emergency medical responder level of care to patients with airway, breathing and cardiology problems. Objective 1.1 Provide ventilatory support for a patient Objective 1.2 Attempt to resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest Objective 1.3 Provide care to a patient experiencing cardiovascular compromise Objective 1.4 Assess and provide care for respiratory distress in an adult patient Objective 1.5 Use oxygen delivery system components Objective 1.6 Perform techniques to assure a patent airway Objective 1.7 Assess and provide care to a patient experiencing non-traumatic chest pain/discomfort Objective 1.8 Provide post resuscitation care to a cardiac arrest patient Competency 2 Apply emergency medical responder level of care to patients with medical emergencies such as allergic reaction, overdose, near-drowning, altered mental status, diabetes, seizure, heat or cold exposure, behavioral problem or suspected communicable disease. Objective 2.1 Assess and provide care to a patient experiencing an allergic reaction Objective 2.2 Assess a patient with possible overdose Objective 2.3 Assess and provide care to a near-drowning patient Objective 2.4 Assess and provide care to a patient with an altered mental status Objective 2.5 Assess and provide care to a patient with a history of diabetes Objective 2.6 Assess and provide care to a patient experiencing a seizure Objective 2.7 Assess and provide care to a patient exposed to heat or cold Objective 2.8 Assess and provide care to a patient experiencing a behavioral problem Objective 2.9 Assess and provide care to a patient with suspected communicable disease Competency 3 Apply emergency medical responder level of care to patients with trauma relating to head, spinal, chest, abdomin, extremity and skin resulting in burn injuries. Objective 3.1 Assess a patient with a head injury Objective 3.2 Assess and provide care to a patient with suspected spinal injury Objective 3.3 Provide care to a patient with a chest injury Objective 3.4 Provide care to a patient with an open abdominal injury Objective 3.5 Provide care to a patient with shock/hypoperfusion Objective 3.6 Provide care to a patient with a painful, swollen, deformed extremity Objective 3.7 Assess and provide care to a patient with burn injury Objective 3.8 Perform a rapid trauma assessment Competency 4 Apply emergency medical responder level of care to obstetrical and pediatric patients. Objective 4.1 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with cardiac arrest Objective 4.2 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with respiratory distress Objective 4.3 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with shock/hypoperfusion Objective 4.4 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with suspected abuse or neglect Objective 4.5 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with a fever Objective 4.6 Assess and provide care for the obstetric patient Objective 4.7 Provide care to the newborn Objective 4.8 Provide care to the mother immediately following delivery of a newborn
Objective 4.9 Assess and provide care to an infant or child with trauma Competency 5 Demonstrate basic operational tasks utilized in emergency medical responder level of patient care. Objective 5.1 Use body mechanics when lifting and moving a patient Objective 5.2 Communicate with a patient while providing care Competency 6 Correctly demonstrate EMR Practical Skills. Objective 6.1 Correctly demonstrate assessment and management of patient with Bleeding Control - Shock Management problems. Objective 6.2 Correctly demonstrate assessment and management of BVM apneic patient. Objective 6.3 Correctly demonstrate cardiac arrest management plus usage of AED. Objective 6.4 Correctly demonstrate joint immobilization. Objective 6.5 Correctly demonstrate long bone immobilization. Objective 6.6 Correctly demonstrate oxygen administration by NRB. Objective 6.7 Correctly demonstrate patient assessment management medical. Objective 6.8 Correctly demonstrate patient assessment management trauma. Objective 6.9 Correctly demonstrate spinal immobilization (seated patient). Objective 6.10 Correctly demonstrate spinal immobilization (supine patient) Specific competencies outlined by the US Department of Transportation for the Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) can be found @ http://www.ems.gov/pdf/811077b.pdf