Emergency Medical Technician Student Manual Courses 1119, 1119L and 1431
Course Goals: These courses combined are designed to instruct the student to the level of Emergency Medical Technician, who serves as a vital link in the chain of the health care team. It is recognized that the majority of prehospital emergency medical care will bed provided by the EMT-Basic. This includes all skills necessary for the individual to provide emergency medical care at a basic life support level with an ambulance service or other emergency services agency. This program coincides with EMS 1119L and EMS 1431 and is an integral component of the EMT-B program. Upon completion of this course, the students will accomplish the following objectives: 1. To understand and be able to deliver safe and sound emergency care per the state standards for the Emergency Medical Technician set forth by the State of Florida. 2. To have developed a sound attitude and acceptable behavior towards patients, onlookers, co-workers, and other members of the healthcare team. 3. To obtain the knowledge that delivery of good healthcare is a continual learning situation and requires ongoing educational experience. 4. To supply the community with the highest quality emergency care. 5. To understand and fulfill the need for continual practice of the skills acquired during the course to maintain the highest level of proficiency in the performance of these skills. 6. Recognize the nature and seriousness of the patient s condition or extent of injuries to assess requirements for emergency medical care; 7. Administer appropriate emergency medical care based on assessment findings of the patient s condition; 8. Lift, move, position, and otherwise handle the patient to minimize discomfort and prevent further injury; 9. Perform safely and effectively the expectations of the job description for EMT-B. This program coincides with EMS 1119L and EMS 1431 and is an integral component of the EMT-B program. It is obvious that EMT-Basics provide a service in an environment requiring special skills and knowledge in such areas as communications, transport, and keeping records. They also serve as liaisons with other emergency services. These courses provide an introduction to those concepts. Individual orientation to the specific systems and services with which the EMT-Basic will be affiliated is necessary to achieve a full level of competence. Course Information:
The EMT-B program is 250 hours in length. The program follows the most current U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Standard Curriculum. The program is divided into the following components: 114 hours lecture and theory to include; 4 hours HIV/AIDS training (mandatory) 2 hours Trauma Scorecard Methodology (mandatory) 60 hours skills Lab 30 hours supervised field internship 30 hours supervised clinical internship 16 hours Emergency Vehicle Operators Course The student to successfully complete the program the student must; Attend all components of the program Pass a comprehensive written exam Pass a comprehensive practical exam Show documentation of a minimum of 5 patient contacts during each internship. Attend a 4 hour HIV/AIDS awareness training Attend a 2 hour Trauma Scorecard Methodology training Attend SIDS awareness training Classroom attire must be appropriate for physical hands-on approach of patient care as well as student safety and therefore, shall be long pants, shirt and shoes. No tank tops, shorts, skirts, dresses, open-toed or high-heeled shoes will be permitted. Physicals: Prior to beginning clinical rotations and fire/rescue field rotations a student must have a health examination by a physician. The physical must have been performed within one year of the start of the EMT and be current through the completion of the course that the student is attending. Students must also provide verification, from a physician, for Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination. Blood titers must be completed and results attached to the physicals. A current (less than one year) TB (tuberculosis) testing will also be performed. The TB test must be of the PPD (purified protein derivative) type. No other test will be accepted. Students must also begin the series of three shots for the Hepatitis B vaccination. Students desiring not to have the Hepatitis B inoculations must sign a declination statement. Students must be fit tested for a HEPA mask prior to clinical rotations and fire/rescue ride time. This will be done at the college campus where the student is attending. SPECIAL NOTE: Facial hair will hinder effectiveness of the HEPA mask seal and protection against airborne pathogens. It is required that no facial hair will be grown that will interfere with the HEPA mask seal.
Attendance: Students are allowed no more than 10% absences for the theory/lecture and lab portion of the course. Three tardiness equals one absence. All work missed during the absence is the responsibility of the student to make-up. There will be no make-up quizzes and tests/exams will be made up at the discretion of the instructor. Students will complete a minimum of 30 hours in the hospital and a minimum of 30 hours in the pre-hospital setting. Numerous opportunities are given to accomplish this course requirement. Lead Instructors will schedule all clinical rotations after the course beginning. Students must attend all sessions of the Emergency Vehicle Operator s Course (EVOC) training in order to receive full EVOC credit. Students who do not complete all components of the EVOC course will receive credit for only the portion that they did attend. Classroom Dress Code: The dress code is as follows: 1. Uniform Tee-shirts are to be purchased from a designated vendor for the course. 2. I.D. badge to be worn and located at the upper right chest. I.D. badge is made at the Campus Bookstore. 3. Navy blue polyester uniform slacks or cotton Dickies type work pant. Plain black uniform service leather belt. Pants with pleats, jeans, or corduroy are not acceptable attire. 4. Black leather, plain toe shoes either oxford style or Wellington type boot. No sandals, thongs, high heels, or tennis shoes will be permitted. 5. Black, plain socks to accompany the shoes. Any color sock may be worn with the boot (boot minimum of 8 in height).
Clinical Rotations: Students will be rotated through the emergency departments of various hospitals and fire/rescue stations in the county. Students will be limited to observation and application of only the basic minimum skills while under the direct supervision of a Palm Beach State College certified and authorized EMT instructor or a paramedic preceptor while in the clinical setting. Students are expected to be on time and participate in the clinical process for which they are in attendance. The dress code for this is as follows: 5. Uniform shirts are to be purchased from a designated vendor for the course. EMT Program logo is to be on the left front chest of the shirt. It may be desirable for the student to wear a plain white tee-shirt under the uniform polo shirt. 6. I.D. badge to be worn and located at the upper right chest. I.D. badge is made at the Campus Bookstore. 7. Navy blue polyester uniform slacks or cotton Dickies type work pant. Pants with pleats, jeans, or corduroy are not acceptable attire. 8. Black leather, plain toe shoes either oxford style or Wellington type boot. No sandals, thongs, high heels, or tennis shoes will be permitted. 9. Black, plain socks to accompany the shoes. Any color sock may be worn with the boot (boot minimum of 8 in height). The student is expected to be clean-shaven, in order to accommodate the HEPA mask, if needed. Hair is expected to be well kept and pulled back, if long. Jewelry will be kept at a minimum; particularly earrings (if to be worn will only be a low profile stud-type). Bracelets and necklaces are discouraged to be worn during any internship (if worn they must not be dangling). Artificial nails nail tips and nail jewelry are prohibited. These are safety measures for the EMT student! Personal hygiene is an integral component of the Emergency Medical Technician Program. Students will maintain a professional personal hygiene throughout each of the components of the program to include and not limited to Classroom/Didactic, Lab/psychomotor and Clinical/field internship.
Students who are not in properly attire or are considered to have unacceptable hygiene will be asked to leave and may not return until their dress and/or hygiene are in accordance with these policies. Students will be required to make up any missed clinical/field internship time due to this infraction. In accordance to school policy, there will be no toleration for alcohol or drug use in the classroom, hospital clinical, or field/ride time. The student will be required to have a minimum of 5 (five) patient contacts and reports at both the hospital clinical setting and fire/rescue ride time. (5 EMS Field Incident Reports from each, 10 total). The student shall also complete a Skills Documentation Form and EMS or Clinical Verification Form to verify hours, patient contacts and skills during the hospital clinical/fire rescue ride time. The form must be signed by both the student and the paramedic preceptor, dated and the particular incident number assigned to the calls the student was on during the ride time, all listed in the space provided. The completed forms must be returned at the end of the term prior to the final examination process. Should any part of the verification form be lacking, e.g. names, signatures, minimum number of riding time hours or patient related calls, this will constitute an incomplete and failing grade for EMS 1431 and subsequently, the EMT program. GRADING/TESTING: Tests, quizzes, mid-term and final examination This program provides weekly quizzes, midterm, prefix-suffix exam, and a comprehensive written final examination. And a comprehensive practical exam. Grading scale and policy Grading scale 93 100% A 84 92% B 75 83% C** 65 74% D Below 65% F Final Lecture grade composed as follows: 50%, weekly quiz average 25%, comprehensive written midterm 25%, comprehensive written final (minimum of 75% required to pass the final) ** Minimum score of 75% must be attained to sit for the Comprehensive written Final Examination. And a minimum of 75% must be attained on the comprehensive written final examination to successfully complete this protion of the program Less than a 75% passing score will constitute a failure and will receive an F for the entire program. All final written, practical and skills testing shall be maintained in the student s file.
Patient Scenarios: Shall consist of both at trauma and medical patient situation. The student, using acquired knowledge, must identify the problem, control the scene, take a leadership role, care for, and properly prepare the patient for transport. Students who fail a scenario on the firsts try will be remediate as to the points missed and then be allowed to re-test another like scenario with another instructor. If the student fails a second attempt on a scenario examination, then the student will not successfully complete the course. Skills Stations: Shall consist of showing proficiency in performance of given practical skills. The final skills test evaluates the student s ability to properly demonstrate skills that have been learned during the course of their class. Six skills stations are set up with some stations having more than one possible skill. The student is not required to demonstrate all of the skills taught in the course, but must successfully demonstrate five out of the six skills station. ON CALL: At no time shall a student be on call while in class, lab, clinical or field internship. No student will be considered for staffing or manning purposes at any time while on clinical or field rotations. All pagers shall be placed in a silent or vibrate mode and all other devices shall be turned off during class time. Students who leave the classroom to returned paged calls shall be considered tardy.
Palm Beach State College EMT-Basic Student Policy Manual Signature Sheet I,, state that I have received (Printed student name) a copy of the EMT-Basic student manual and syllabi for the courses 1119, 1119L and 1431, that I have read and understand the policies and requirements of each course, and that I agree to abide by these policies and requirements during my participation in the EMT-Basic program. (Applicant signature) (Date signed) (Witness signature) (Date signed)