EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN COURSE
INSTRUCTOR: Tommy Stewart
OFFICE PHONE: 620-625-8660
COURSE PURPOSE:
This program is designed
for individuals interested in providing care to patients in the pre-hospital
setting. It will provide the participant
with opportunity to gain information, skills and attitudes necessary for
certification and practice as an Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT) in the State
of
A. Recognize
the nature and seriousness of a patient's condition or extent of injuries to
assess requirements
for emergency medical care.
B. Administer
appropriate emergency medical care based on assessment findings of the
patient's condition.
C. Lift,
move, position and otherwise handle the patient in such a way as to minimize
discomfort and
further injury.
D. Perform
safely and effectively the expectations of the job description.
This course emphasizes
emergency medical care skills. However,
it attempts to teach these skills in a job-related context.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Approval for this program
is pending through the State of
techniques currently considered to be the
responsibilities of the basic life support (BLS) EMT, according to the United
States Department
of Transportation 1994 Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
National Standard Curriculum. The
course format will be one of
didactic (lecture) presentation, student
participation, and practical skills practice with the following being included
in the course.
1.
Instructor lecture.
2.
Physician input.
3.
Practical skills practice.
4.
In-hospital training and observation.
5.
Written exams are over material presented and in the text.
6.
Practical skills examinations.
GOALS
The program will contain
information and skill practice opportunities which will enable a properly
motivated and capable participant to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of human
anatomy and physiology and the rationale and
fundamentals
of pre-hospital care and treatment of the sick and injured.
2. Perform
a focused history and physical exam of a trauma or medical patient.
3. Understand,
recognize and provide appropriate BLS care for life-threatening and non life-threatening emergencies.
4. Learn
and demonstrate correct application and utilization of basic life support
equipment in the pre-hospital setting.
5. File
a standardized "State Run Form" of occurrences for the use of the
receiving hospital as well a permanent record for state
and local use.
6. Transmit
necessary information from the ambulance to the receiving hospital in an
orderly manner using mobile radio
equipment.
7. Understand
and discuss the rationale of patient safety and care at the scene and
throughout transport to a receiving medical
facility.
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Required text book: BRADY EMERGENCY CARE 11th Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-500524-8
FEES
The tuition/fee charges
will be determined by
All fees must be paid before picking up your textbook and
workbook at the bookstore. If you would
like to pay for your class over
the phone by charge or debit card, you may call
620-365-5116 and speak with Roberta at extension 214 or Kim at extension
295.
A one time “Certification
Application Fee” of $ 50 to the Kansas Board of EMS will be payable on the
first night of class. Additionally,
upon successful completion of the EMT
program there will be certification testing fees. This a Regional skills testing fee of $ 100
per
attempt, and National Registry written exam testing fee of $ 70 per
attempt. If a student does not
successfully pass the State and
National exam on the first attempt, he/she has
two additional attempts (total of three) to pass. Each attempt shall require additional
fees.
Upon successful completion of the
exam the student will receive Kansas State Certification.
CLASS LOCATION
114 N.
CLASS TIME
Tuesday and Thursday
6:00 pm until 10:00 pm
August 17, 2010 through February 17,
2011
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
The EMT I/C in cooperation
with the
Ambulance
Service,
will
provide the opportunity for the program participants to observe and train in a
clinical setting. A total of thirty-six
(36) clinical
hours for each student is required. These hours must be a combination of
ambulance and hospital hours. Clinical
training shall
include supervised participation in patient care and assessment,
including the performance of a complete assessment on at
least one patient. In the absence of participatory clinical or
field training, contrived experiences may be substituted. Any
student must have a 70% or better on all
written exams to participate in clinicals.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is expected at
every session. The responsibilities
associated with the EMT profession are major.
It is therefore important
that the student take their training
responsibilities seriously by attempting to achieve 100% proficiency in all
areas through
punctuality, attendance, completion of assignment, class
participation and full cooperation with the instructor.
If the student must be
absent, prior arrangements with the instructor will be appreciated as will
arrangements with classmates to collect
hand-outs and lecture notes. No student can miss more than 4 scheduled
classes (
109-11-8 (a) (1). Each student must attend at least 90% of
class sessions as described in the course syllabus. Any student that is
absent for the fifth (5)
class session will be dropped from the class.
Any student not present at the 6:00 p.m. sign-in will be considered
absent
for that class session.
PARTICIPANT PROGRESS
CONFERENCE AND EVALUATIONS
The EMT I/C will provide
the program participants with progress conferences during the course of the
program. A written evaluation
of
student progress shall be presented to each student at each progress conference
showing areas (if any) that are in need of
improvement and suggested actions to
make improvements in student performance.
Each student will be asked to complete a
self-evaluation during the
course to assist the instructor/coordinator.
EXAMINATIONS/GRADING
Written exams will be given
periodically throughout the course. Some
will be announced prior and some will not.
All written exams
must be completed.
Arrangements shall be made with the instructor for make-up quizzes and
exams. Each student will be required
to perform at least one randomly selected,
competently performed, objectively graded medical emergency simulation and at
least
one randomly selected, competently performed, objectively graded trauma
emergency simulation in order to successfully complete
the course. A final multiple choice cumulative exam will
be given at the end of the course. The
student must score at least 70%
on the final exam and cumulative scores of 70%
after the final written exam to successfully complete the course. A final letter
grade of “D” will not be
considered successful completion of the course.
The final written exam will make up 34% of the course
grade and the
written and quizzes during the course 66% of the course final grade. The student must complete a final practical
skills
examination to successfully complete the program. Letter grades will be assigned as
follows:
(A 90-100, B 80-89, C 70-79, D
60-69, and F below 59)
STATE EXAMINATION
REQUIREMENTS
Upon program completion, a
final written and practical examination will be administered. This will ensure that the participants can
demonstrate the technical skills and knowledge presented in the program. Upon demonstrating this and qualifying in
areas
addressed in the objectives and meeting grade requirements above, the
participant will be entitled to challenge the Board of Emergency
Medical
Service's exam for State certification.
Payment of any fees to the Board of Emergency Medical Services will be
required prior to
exam and certification.
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS
The student must meet the
following requirements to become a Kansas Certified Emergency Medical
Technician.
1. Students may test prior to 18 years of age,
but results of the exam will not be mailed until student
reaches 18 years of age. Student has one year for last class date to
pass the State written exam.
2. Shall successfully complete the initial
course of instruction.
3. If convicted of a felony, must be able to
demonstrate that he/she has satisfied all legal restrictions.
4. Must pass the Kansas Board of EMS practical
exam and the National Registry written exams
CONTINUING EDUCATION
This course is only the
beginning of the participant's experience in
effort to continuing education to maintain certification in
compliance with requirements set by the State Board of Emergency
Medical
Services and to maintain an appropriate level of knowledge and proficiency in
patient care skills. Specific
requirements
for annual recertification training are established by the State
Board of Emergency Medical Services in Kansas Administrative
Regulation
109-5-1. There will be an annual
recertification fee charged by the State Board of Emergency Medical Services
DRESS CODE
observe good personal hygiene. Clothing should be clean. Hands shall be free of grease or other
products that might damage
equipment, especially CPR manikins. Any poor personal hygiene that is offensive
to other students will be called to the attention
of the student and corrective
actions will be required.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE
POLICIES
Any disruptive behavior or
other infractions of school policies shall be called to the attention of the
student. Immediate
response will be
expected. If any problems continue, the
Dean of Instruction shall be notified by the instructor. The Dean of
Instruction will then notify the
student in writing of corrective actions necessary and consequences of
non-compliance,
which may include dropping the student for the course.
COURSE FACULTY
The instructor/coordinator
shall be present for at least 90% of the class sessions. Throughout the course, physicians, nurses
and other medical persons will be called upon to present lecture materials to
the students. All lectures shall follow
the D.O.T.
curriculum. Skills sessions
will include the use of skills assistants.
All skills assistants will be Emergency Medical Technicians.
The instructor/coordinator will assure that
all skills assistants are knowledgeable in the skills being taught.
COURSE EQUIPMENT
All equipment used for
practical skills in the course is the property of
equipment may be
used that is the property of
equipment shall remain in the class room at all times. Students shall follow all cleaning and
maintenance requirement as required
by the type of equipment. Students shall be responsible for any costs
associated with misuse or abuse of equipment provided.
Any work with this equipment outside of class
hours shall require approval of the instructor and will require supervision of
either
the instructor or skills assistants.
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
The Emergency Medical
Technician Course requires certain physical capabilities. The course is taught in a job-related context
and requires the same physical abilities as might be required for ambulance
personnel in the field.
committed to assisting individuals
with disabilities to achieve their educational goals with appropriate
accommodations and
services based on individual, documented need. Students having a disability (including learning
disability) and needing
accommodations, should inform the Director of Guidance
and the course instructor. The Director
of Guidance coordinates
all accommodations for students with a disability.
PARTICIPANT SAFETY
Good mental and physical
health is necessary for an individual to maintain the pace and physical demands
that this course and
work as an EMT entails.
All student performance in
both the classroom and clinical setting will be overseen by the I/C, training
assistant and/or preceptor.
Each student
will address any problems or concerns that he/she may have regarding his/her
safety immediately to the individual
directly involved with the training in
progress. Directions given by training
personnel should be followed accurately and if not
understood should be
questioned to prevent problems.
At NO
TIME will the student perform any act which he/she or the preceptor deems
unsafe or that the student/preceptor feels an
inappropriate action for the
student to take.
Any student who has an
infectious disease (common cold, flu, hepatitis, herpes or cold sore, etc.)
should not participate in practical
skill stations or direct patient care in
the clinical setting. These students
will be expected to attend class (if their condition permits)
and observe
others in the practical stations. The
student will make up practical time at the discretion of the I/C. The student will be
held responsible for the
instruction and will be expected to practice on his/her own time to maintain
skill levels in keeping with class
progress at the time. Real patients in the hospital or ambulance
should never be put at risk from students with an infectious disease.
In the case of any illness
which requires the student to miss two (2) or more classes, the student may be
required to have a medical
release by a physician before being allowed to
return to class.
All manikins, airway
adjuncts, etc. will be properly cleaned with disinfectant between student's use
(each student will have clean
equipment).
Due to the nature of training, it is imperative that all students
maintain good personal hygiene habits at all times.
Water and disinfecting soap, when available,
will be routinely used by students when working with patients and equipment.
Any student with a history
of chronic health problems, pregnancy, recent surgery or back injury will be
required to present a medical
release from a physician. The I/C has the option at all times to
request such a release at his/her discretion.
Students should each be
able to lift 100-150 pounds; however, all students will exercise prudent
physical exertion in class skills and
on calls -- cot lifting, patient lifting,
scene safety precautions, etc.
Any time a student suffers
an injury while functioning as an EMT student, he/she will immediately report
the occurrence to the
preceptor who will in turn make an immediate report
to the I/C. A written incident report will be filed with the
Dean of Instruction within
48 hours of the occurrence.
The lead technician on an
rotation. If at any time the student performs actions
not approved by the lead tech or shift supervisor, the student will be dropped
from
the class.
While responding to
ambulance calls, students will be seated in the buddy seat, with seat belt
on. It is at the discretion of the lead
technician whether the student will be belted in while the patient is being
treated and transported.
NO STUDENT IS ALLOWED TO
DRIVE
dropping of the student from the class.
Students should make a
habit of reporting and/or correcting any dangerous situations such as spills on
the floor, loose wires, unsafe
equipment, etc.
SCHEDULE CHANGES
If for any reason (weather)
a class can not be held as scheduled, the material to be covered will move to
the next scheduled class and
a make-up class will be scheduled for the class
time missed.
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NO SMOKING IN THE CLASS ROOM AT ANY TIME
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