Maricopa Community Colleges  EMT200AB   20046-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10/26/04
EMT200AB 20046-99999 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
EMT-Basic Certification Expanded Refresher Challenge
Designed to contribute to Arizona Department of Health Services (A-DHS) Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (B-EMS) recertification requirements for Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMTB) according to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) EMT-Basic National Curriculum and the Arizona EMT Basic Refresher Curriculum Guidelines. Prerequisites: Current Basic Life Support, American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR or equivalent, and current EMT Basic certification in the state of Arizona. Must be currently functioning as an EMT Basic.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
EMT200AB   20046-99999 EMT-Basic Certification Expanded Refresher Challenge
1. Perform methods of body substance isolation (BSI) practices in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) standards, with specific attention to equipment concerns and personal protective equipment and clothing. (I)
2. Perform initial and ongoing patient assessment techniques including detailed patient history for conscious and unresponsive patients. (II)
3. Successfully perform airway management skills on adult and pediatric victims. (III)
4. Correctly choose and use mechanical aids for breathing to include airway adjuncts, small volume nebulizers, and inhalers. (III)
5. Describe the role, care, and responsibilities of the EMT in suspected Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (IV)
6. Correctly apply and use an automated external defibrillator. (V)
7. Describe the protocols for facilitating prescribed patient medication. (VI)
8. Describe indications, contraindications, and side affects for nitroglycerin, subcutaneous epinephrine, small volume nebulizers (SVN) , metered dose inhalers (MDI), activated charcoal, aspirin, and glucose. (VI)
9. Identify and describe the types of analgesic pumps, operations, drugs used with the analgesic pumps, and EMT basic interventions. (VII)
10. Identify the steps in monitoring intravenous (IV) lines. (VII)
11. Complete basic life support skills' testing for adult, pediatric, and infant victims. (VIII)
12. Complete EMT immobilization skills' testing. (VIII)
13. Identify significant findings in patient assessment that indicate an emergency in any of the following categories: medical, environmental, or traumatic. (IX)
14. Identify and treat a patient who is experiencing: injuries to the skull, brain, neck and spine; acute abdominal disorders; a toxicological emergency or communicable disease; a pediatric emergency; a behavioral emergency; an environmental emergency; an emergency related to diabetes; dyspnea an obstetrical emergency. (IX)
15. Complete the Arizona Department of Health Services (A-DHS) and the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (B-EMS) approved written examination with 75 percent accuracy. (X)
16. Complete a skills examination using the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Skills' Forms. (X)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
EMT200AB   20046-99999 EMT-Basic Certification Expanded Refresher Challenge
    I. Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
        A. Precautions for self and others
        B. Personal safety and barriers
        C. Patient handling techniques
        D. Documentation and reporting
        E. Follow-through procedures
      II. Human systems patient assessment
          A. Initial and ongoing assessment techniques
          B. Variations in techniques
            1. Responsive patient
            2. Unresponsive patient
          C. Detailed patient history
          D. Detailed Physical examination
          E. Packaging and transportation
          F. Documentation
        III. Airway Management
            A. Airway adjuncts
            B. Small Volume Nebulizer (SVNs)
            C. Inhalers: Metered Dose Inhalers (MDI)
          IV. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
              A. Signs and symptoms
              B. Assessment of scene
              C. Grief support
              D. Communication with family and medical direction
              E. Documentation
            V. Automated external defibrillation
                A. Application
                B. Safety
                C. Communication
                D. Documentation
              VI. Facilitation of prescribed patient medications
                  A. Protocols, indications, and side effects
                  B. Nitroglycerin
                  C. Subcutaneous epinephrine
                  D. Inhalers SVN and MDI
                  E. Glucose and blood glucose monitoring
                  F. Activated charcoal
                  G. Aspirin
                VII. Intravenous (IV) monitoring and analgesic pumps
                    A. Equipment and solutions
                    B. Operations and types of pumps
                    C. Fluids and medications
                  VIII. EMT skills validation
                      A. Basic life support
                        1. Adult
                        2. Pediatric
                        3. Infant
                      B. Immobilization
                        1. Adult
                        2. Pediatric
                        3. Infant
                    IX. Skills Practice
                      X. Evaluation
                          A. Written
                          B. EMT skills validation
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