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ELT 1070 - Projects

1. Research a project.
2. Define project problem.
3. Develop a solution to project.
4. Execute project plan.
5. Verify project solution.
6. Develop a conclusion for project.

ELT 2010 - Digital Electronics I

1. Recognize the binary number system.
2. Recognize the octal number system.
3. Recognize the hexadecimal number system.
4. Convert decimal numbers to binary numbers.
5. Convert binary numbers to decimal numbers.
6. Convert octal numbers to binary numbers.
7. Convert hexadecimal numbers to binary numbers.
8. Add binary numbers.
9. Subtract binary numbers.
10. Multiply binary numbers.
11. Divide binary numbers.
12. Describe the purpose of a buffer.
13. Describe the purpose of an inverter.
14. Describe input threshold voltages.
15. Describe output threshold voltages.
16. Measure threshold voltages.
17. Identify AND operation.
18. Identify AND logic symbols.
19. Identify AND logic schematic representation.
20. Construct an AND gate truth table.
21. Identify input and output waveforms
22. Measure input and output waveforms.
23. Identify OR operation and logic symbols.
24. Construct an OR gate truth table.
25. Identify input and output waveforms.
26. Measure input and output waveforms.
27. Identify NAND operation.
28. Identify NAND logic symbols.
29. Identify NAND logic schematic representation.
30. Construct a NAND gate truth table.
31. Identify input and output waveforms.
32. Measure input and output waveforms.
33. Identify NOR operation.
34. Identify NOR logic symbols.
35. Identify NOR logic schematic representation.
36. Construct a NOR gate truth table.
37. Identify input and output waveforms.
38. Identify XOR and XNOR operation.
39. Identify XOR and XNOR logic symbols.
40. Identify XOR and XNOR logic schematic representation.
41. Construct truth tables for XOR and XNOR gates.
42. Identify input and output waveforms of XOR and XNOR gates.
43. Measure the input and output waveforms of an XOR gate and an XNOR gate.
44. Define combinational logic.
45. Describe the uses of combinational logic.
46. Trace inputs through a combinational logic circuit.
47. Describe the universal property of the NAND gate.
48. Describe the universal property of the NOR gate
49. Identify the purpose of a 4-bit adder.
50. Describe adder circuits.
51. Recognize serial and parallel full adder circuits.
52. Recognize the normal operation of the 4-bit adder circuit.
53. Predict the output of the 4-bit adder.
54. Confirm the output of the 4-bit adder circuit.
55. Identify the purpose of conversion circuits.
56. Recognize basic A/D and D/A circuits.
57. Identify the purpose of data circuits.
58. Recognize basic data selector and data distributor circuits

ELT 2020 - AC Circuits II

1. Introduction to inductors
   1. Identify the types of inductors.
   2. Describe the current opposing characteristics of an inductor.
   3. Identify the schematic symbol for an inductor.
   4. Identify the characteristics of inductance.
   5. Identify the unit of measurement of inductance.
2. Inductor Identification
   1. Identify Inductors.
   2. Identify inductor color codes to determine inductance.
3. RL Series Circuits, Operations and Experiments
   1. Calculate total inductance in series circuits.
   2. Calculate total inductive reactance in series circuits.
   3. Calculate total impedance 
   4. Measure the inductive phase relationship between voltage and current.
   5. Verify normal operation of an RL series circuit.
   6. Measure the phase relationship between the voltages developed across resistors and inductors.
   7. Identify an open component in an RL series circuit.
   8. Identify a shorted component in an RL series circuit.
   9. Identify a changed value component in an RL series circuit.
   10. Serve an open component in an RL series circuit.
   11. Observe a shorted component in an RL series circuit.
4. RL Parallel Circuits, Operation and Experiments
   1. Calculate total inductance in RL parallel circuits.
   2. Calculate total inductive reactance in RL parallel circuits.
   3. Calculate total impedance in RL parallel circuits.
   4. Measure the current phase difference between the inductive and resistive branches of a
      1. Parallel RL circuit.
   5. Verify normal operation of a parallel RL circuit.
   6. Measure the total current phase difference in a parallel RL circuit.
   7. Identify an open component in an RL parallel circuit.
   8. Identify a shorted component in an RL parallel circuit.
      1. Identify a changed value component in an RL parallel circuit.
      2. Observe an open component in an RL parallel circuit.
      3. Observe a shorted component in an RL parallel circuit.
5. RL Filters
   1. Identify RL filter circuits.
   2. Describe RL filter circuit characteristics.
   3. Calculate RL filter circuit values.
      1. Measure RL filter circuit values.
      2. Compare measured RL filter circuit values with calculated circuit values.
6. Introduction to Capacitators
   1. Identify types of capacitors.
   2. Describe charge and discharge characteristics of a capacitor.
   3. Identify the schematic symbol for a capacitor.
   4. Identify characteristics of capacitance.
   5. Identify the unit of measurement for capacitance.
   6. Identify ceramic, film, mica, and electrolytic capacitors.
   7. Read the capacitance and voltage values.
7. RC Series Circuits, Operation, and Experiments
   1. Calculate total capacitance in series circuits.
   2. Calculate total capacitive reactance in series circuits.
   3. Calculate total impedance in series circuits.
   4.  Measure the capacitive phase relationship between voltage and current.
   5. Verify normal operation of an RC series circuit.
   6. Identify an open component in an RC series circuit.
   7. Identify a shorted component in an RC series circuit.
   8. Identify a changed value component in an RC series circuit.
   9. Observe an open component in an RC series circuit.
8. RC Parallel Circuits, Operation, and Experiments
   1. Calculate total capacitance in a parallel circuit.
   2. Calculate total capacitive reactance in a parallel circuit.
   3. Calculate total impedance in a parallel circuit.
   4. Measure the phase difference between the capacitive and resistive branches.
   5. Verify normal circuit operation.
   6. Measure the total current phase difference.
   7. Identify an open component in an RC parallel circuit.
   8. Identify a shorted component in an RC parallel circuit.
   9. Identify a changed value component in an RC parallel circuit.
   10. Observe an open component in an RC parallel circuit.
   11. Observe a shorted component in an RC parallel circuit.
9. RC Filters
   1. Identify RC filter circuits.
   2. Describe RC filter circuit characteristics.
   3. Calculate RC filter circuit values.
   4. Measure RC low pass filter circuit values.
   5. Compare measured RC low pass filter circuit values with calculated circuit values.
   6. Measure RC high pass filter circuit values.
   7. Compare measured RC high pass filter circuit values with calculated circuit values.
10. RC and RL Time Constants
    1. Describe RC time constants.
    2. Calculate the amount of charge or discharge of a capacitor using RC time constants.
    3. Describe RL time constants.
    4. Calculate the amount of current present in an inductor using RL time constants.
    5. Observe capacitor charging and discharging using a multimeter.
    6. Observe capacitor charging and discharging using an oscilloscope.
    7. Verify RC time constants by the use of measurements.
    8. Describe the effects a capacitor has on non-sinusoidal waveshapes.
    9. Describe how long and short RC time constants affect waveshapes.
    10. Describe how RC time constants relate to capacitive reactances.
    11. Predict effects on voltage and current as frequency changes.
    12. Measure voltage waveform across a capacitor with a square wave applied.
    13. Measure current waveform across a capacitor using a sampling resistor.
    14. Describe typical faults in an RC transient circuit.
    15. Describe RC circuit transient troubleshooting procedures.
    16. Describe the effects of open, shorted, and changed value components.
    17. Recognize that an RC transient circuit is faulted.
    18. Observe the effects of an open and shorted component in an RC transient circuit 

ELT 2030 - Analog Electronics II

1. Describe the purpose of a transistor.
2. Describe types of transistors.
3. Identify transistor schematic symbols.
4. Identify leads on transistors.
5. Describe the purpose of DC bias in transistors.
6. Describe NPN transistor bias.
7. Describe PNP transistor bias.
8. Describe transistor cutoff and saturation.
9. Describe transistor alpha and beta.
10. Identify fixed, self, and combinational biasing.
11. Measure alpha and beta.
12. Observe cutoff and saturation.
13. Measure collector current with varying load resistors.
14. Describe the purpose of an amplifier.
15. Describe classes of amplifier operation.
16. Describe common emitter amplifiers.
17. Describe common collector amplifiers.
18. Describe common base amplifiers.
19. Describe the operating characteristics of a common emitter amplifier.
20. Describe the purpose of individual components in a common emitter amplifier.
21. Describe methods to determine class of operation.
22. Describe methods to determine voltage gain.
23. Measure the input and output waveforms of a common emitter amplifier circuit to determine normal operation.
24. Observe waveforms in a common emitter amplifier circuit.
25. Describe the operating characteristics of a common collector amplifier.
26. Describe the purpose of individual components in a common collector amplifier.
27. Describe methods to determine class of operation.
28. Describe methods to determine voltage gain.
29. Measure the input and output waveforms of a common collector amplifier circuit to determine normal operation.
30. Observe waveforms in a common collector amplifier circuit.
31. Describe the operating characteristics of a common base amplifier.
32. Describe the purpose of individual components in a common base amplifier.
33. Describe methods to determine class of operation.
34. Describe methods to determine voltage gain.
35. Measure the input and output waveforms of a common base amplifier circuit to determine normal operation.
36. Observe waveforms in a common base amplifier circuit.
37. State the purpose of cascade amplifiers.
38. Calculate total gain of a cascade amplifier.
39. Describe the operating characteristics of an RC coupled transistor amplifier.
40. Describe the effect of an input signal’s amplitude and frequency in an RC coupled transistor amplifier.
41. Measure the input and output waveforms of an RC coupled transistor amplifier.
42. Recognize normal operation of an RC coupled transistor amplifier.
43. Observe the effect of an input signal’s amplitude and frequency in an RC coupled transistor amplifier.
44. Recognize field effect transistor schematic symbols.
45. Describe the construction of field effect transistors.
46. Describe operating characteristics of field effect transistors.
47. Identify basic FET amplifier configuration.
48. Describe the operation of common source FET amplifiers.
49. Describe the method to check for normal operation of common source FET amplifiers.
50. Measure the input and output waveforms of a common source FET amplifier.
51. Recognize normal operation of a common source FET amplifier.
52. Describe the purpose of sine wave oscillators.
53. Describe a basic sine wave oscillator circuit.
54. Identify LC oscillators.
55. Identify RC oscillators.
56. Identify crystal oscillators.
57. Identify the circuits in a Hartley oscillator.
58. Describe operating characteristics of a Hartley oscillator.
59. Identify the purpose of individual components in a Hartley oscillator. 
60. Measure the input and output waveforms of a Hartley oscillator.
61. Recognize normal operation of a Hartley oscillator
62. Describe the purpose of unijunction transistors.
63. Identify unijunction transistor schematic symbols.
64. Describe the operating characteristics of unijunction transistors.
65. Describe the purpose of silicon control rectifiers. 
66. Identify silicon rectifier schematic symbols. 
67. Describe the operating characteristics of silicon control rectifiers.
68. Describe the purpose of UJT oscillators.
69. Recognize UJT oscillator circuits.
70. Describe the operation of UJT oscillators.
71. Recognize normal operation of a UJT oscillator circuit.
72. Measure waveforms in a UJT oscillator.
73. Describe the purpose of SCR trigger circuits.
74. Recognize SCR trigger circuits.
75. Describe the operation of an SCR trigger circuit.
76. Measure the gate and anode current in an operating SCR trigger circuit.
77. Recognize normal operation of an SCR trigger circuit.
78. Recognize the PUT schematic symbol.
79. Describe the construction of PUT devices.
80. Describe the operation of PUT devices.
81. Identify PUT device applications.
82. Describe operational amplifiers.
83. Describe the types of circuits used in an operational amplifier.
84. Describe the basic construction of IC operational amplifiers.
85. Recognize differential amplifier circuits.
86. Describe basic operating characteristics of differential amplifier

ELT 2040 - Microprocessors

1. Describe a brief development of microprocessors.
2. Identify the major parts of a microprocessor system.
3. Define common terms associated with microprocessors.
4. Identify parts of a microprocessor and describe microprocessor operation.
5. Define and describe internal registers and counters.
6. Understand the physical characteristics of RAM and ROM.
7. Describe the difference between RAM and ROM.

ELT 2050 - Technical Writing

1. Choose purpose of report. 
2. Gather information for report.
3. Create an outline.
4. Write a draft.
5. Revise and rewrite report.
6. Prepare final draft.

ELT 2060 - Projects

1. Research a project.
2. Define project problem.
3. Develop a solution to project.
4. Execution project plan.
5. Verify project solution.
6. Develop a conclusion for project.

ELT 2070 - Professional Development

1. Communication Foundations
   1. Create framework for business communication
   2. Interpersonal and group communication
2. Analysis
   1. Projects on planning and decision making
   2. Prepare written documentation
3. Forms of communication
   1. Voice, personal, Electronical
   2. Good and Neutral News
   3. Bad News
   4. Persuasive News

ELT 3010 - Digital Electronics II

1. Introduction to Latches and Flip-Flops
   1. Identify the difference between a sequential circuit and a combinational circuit.
   2. Recognize SET and RESET conditions.
   3. Understand basic flip-flop operation.
   4. Describe the operation of RS and ~R~S latches.
   5. Identify the RS and ~R~S latch truth tables.
   6. Describe the race condition in the RS and ~R~S latches.
2. RS Flip-Flops 
   1. Identify the purpose of an RS flip-flop.
   2. Describe an RS flip-flop circuit.
   3. Predict the outputs of the RS and ~R~S flip-flop.
   4. Verify the inputs and outputs of the RS and ~R~S flip-flops.
   5. Understand the basic principles of the RS and ~R~S flip-flops.
3. JK Flip-Flops 
   1. Describe the JK flip-flop symbol and truth table.
   2. Explain the operation of a JK flip-flop.
   3. Develop a timing diagram for a JK flip-flop.
   4. Predict the inputs and outputs of a JK flip-flop.
   5. Probe inputs and outputs of a JK flip-flop.
   6. Recognize outputs of a JK flip-flop
4. Introduction to Registers and Memory 
   1. Describe the terms data, bit, and byte.
   2. Describe serial data transfer.
   3. Describe parallel data transfer.
   4. Identify the purpose of a register.
   5. Describe storage and shift registers.
5. Serial Shift Registers 
   1. Identify the purpose of a 4-bit shift register.
   2. Recognize 4-bit shift register circuits.
   3. Predict the output of a serial shift register.
   4. Examine inputs and outputs of a serial shift register.
   5. Recognize normal operation of a serial shift register
6. Parallel Shift Registers 
   1. Identify the purpose of a 4-bit shift register.
   2. Describe shift right and shift left.
   3. Recognize 4-bit shift register circuits.
   4. Predict the output of a parallel shift register.
   5. Probe the inputs and outputs of a parallel shift register.
   6. Recognize normal operation of a parallel shift register.
7. Introduction to Arithmetic Counting Circuits
   1. Identify the purpose of a counter.
   2. Describe modulus.
   3. Recognize basic synchronous and asynchronous counter circuits.
   4. Describe how a counter divides and is used as a timing circuit.
8. Ripple Counter 
   1. Identify the purpose of a ripple counter.
   2. Describe a basic ripple counter circuit.
   3. Recognize ripple counter circuits with different moduli.
   4. Predict the inputs and outputs of ripple and decade counters.
   5. Probe the inputs and outputs of ripple and decade counters.
   6. Recognize normal operation of ripple and decade counters.
9. Up Counter 
   1. Identify the purpose of an up counter.
   2. Describe a basic up counter circuit.
   3. Recognize free run and single step circuits of an up counter.
   4. Understand the operation of the up counter.
   5. Predict the inputs and outputs of the up counter
10. Introduction to Microprocessors
    1. Describe a brief development of microprocessors.
    2. Identify the major parts of a microprocessor system.
    3. Define common terms associated with microprocessors.
    4. Identify parts of a microprocessor and describe microprocessor operation.
    5. Define and describe internal registers and counters.
    6. Understand the physical characteristics of RAM and ROM.
    7. Describe the difference between RAM and ROM.

ELT 3020 - Industrial Safety

1. Recognize factors that determines severity of electric shock.
2. Be familiar with concepts of Electrical safety including wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
3. Identify the dangers of ARC flashes.
4. Explain the aspects of proper grounding.
5. Demonstrate the correct steps for lockout/tagout procedure.

ELT 3030 - Electrical Diagrams

1. Identify symbols and abbreviations used on electrical diagrams
2. Distinguish the difference between a wiring diagram and ladder diagram
3. Design a ladder diagram
4. Understand data listed on wiring diagram

ELT 3040 - Relays & Motor Control & Circuits

1. Describe AC motor construction.
2. Discuss terms and types of AC motors.
3. Discuss the equivalent model of an induction motor transformer.
4. Discuss general AC generator theory.
5. Describe generator construction.
6. Describe generator characteristics
7. Describe basic DC motor action.
8. Describe the DC series field motor.
9. Identify the principles of circular force and torque.
10. Describe the characteristics of a DC series field motor.
11. Identify the loaded characteristics of a DC series field motor
12. Describe safety issues related to motor troubleshooting.
13. Describe routine maintenance on motors.
14. Describe a visual check of a motor
15. Construct various motor control circuits
16. Troubleshoot various motor control circuits

ELT 3050 - Relays and Motors, Generators & Transformers

1. Discuss general AC generator theory.
2. Describe generator construction.
3. Describe generator characteristics
4. Describe the purpose of transformers.
5. Identify transformer schematic symbols and the reference designation.
6. Describe transformer operating characteristics.
7. Calculate turn ratio.
8. Calculate secondary voltage, current, and power
9. Calculate primary current and power.
10. Measure primary voltage of a transformer.
11. Measure secondary voltage of a transformer.
12. Determine step up or step down transformer action.
13. Describe typical faults in transformer circuits.
14. Describe transformer troubleshooting procedures.
15. Recognize that a transformer is faulted.
16. Observe the effects of an open and shorted secondary in a transformer circuit

ELT 3060 - Projects

1. Research a project.
2. Define project problem.
3. Develop a solution to project.
4. Execution project plan.
5. Verify project solution.
6. Develop a conclusion for project.

ELT 3070 - Professional Development

1. Communication Foundations
   1. Create framework for business communication
   2. Interpersonal and group communication
2. Analysis
   1. Projects on planning and decision making
   2. Prepare written documentation
3. Forms of communication
   1. Voice, personal, Electronical
   2. Good and Neutral News
   3. Bad News
   4. Persuasive News

ELT 3080 - Computer Concepts

1. Basic Hardware Components
   1. Identify power supply connectors, motherboard characteristics, CPU features, memory module attributes, and expansion bus types.
   2. Given scenarios with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install appropriate power supplies, motherboards, CPUs, memory modules, and expansion cards.
   3. View BIOS/UEFI settings for basic hardware components.
   4. Configure the settings of basic hardware components.
   5. Troubleshoot basic hardware components and resolve issues.
2. Video
   1. Identify video adapter components, features, connectors, and cables.
   2. Given a scenario with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install the appropriate video adapters.
   3. Identify display device types.
   4. Given a scenario with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install appropriate display devices.
   5. Configure display and video adapter settings.
3. Audio
   1. Identify external device component, features, connectors and cables.
   2. Given a scenario with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install the appropriate sound cards.
   3. Identify audio device types.
   4. Given a scenario with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install appropriate audio devices.
   5. Manage sound card and audio device settings.
4. External Devices
   1. Identify external device component, features, connectors and cables.
   2. Connect external devices using the appropriate connectors and cables.
   3. Manage device driver updates, roll back drivers, and enable or disable devices.
   4. Install drivers for external devices.
   5. Prepare devices for safe removal.
5. Storage
   1. Identify storage device components, features, connectors, and cables.
   2. Given scenarios with specifications and end-user requirements, select and install appropriate storage solution.
   3. Configure BIOS/UEFI settings for hard disks.
   4. Configure common RAID arrays.
   5. Install and configure a new storage device with volumes, partitions, a drive letter, and format it with an appropriate file system.
   6. Add space to an existing volume.
   7. Manage the file system type on an existing drive by converting a file system type or reformatting a partition.
   8. Schedule and run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmentation in Windows.
6. Networking
   1. Identify Ethernet wired and wireless network adapter components, features, and connectors.
   2. Identify Ethernet wired network cable features and connectors.
   3. Identify Ethernet wireless access point components, features, connectors, and cables.
   4. Identify common network connectivity devices and their roles.
   5. Understand the function of different network devices.
   6. Given a scenario with specifications and networking requirements, select and install the necessary Ethernet adapters, access points, or cables.
   7. Given basic IPv4/IPv6 configuration settings or a network diagram, configure a wired or wireless network connection.
   8. Use appropriate networking utilities to view, test, and troubleshoot basic network configuration, communication, and connectivity problems.
7. Printing
   1. Identify printer types and connectors.
   2. Given a scenario with system specifications and end-user requirements, select and install the appropriate printer.
   3. Use Windows utilities to configure a local printer, set the default printer, manage print jobs, start and stop the print spooler, and print a test page.
   4. Connect and configure a network printer.
8. Mobile Devices
   1. Identify notebook computer types, features, and special keys.
   2. Install and configure basic hardware components on notebook computers.
   3. Maintain notebook computers and troubleshoot common issues.
   4. Identify and configure mobile device features and accessories.
   5. Configure mobile device connection, data synchronization, email, and security settings.
   6. Maintain mobile devices and troubleshoot common issues.
9. System Management
   1. Use Windows Backup to configure a full system or file backup schedule.
   2. Enable system restore and configure a restore point.
   3. Configure Windows Update settings.
   4. Configure local users and groups for a Windows system.
   5. Configure User Access Control (UAC) settings in Windows.
   6. Troubleshoot common Windows operating system and software issues.
10. Security
    1. Configure BIOS/UEFI security settings.
    2. Configure password and account lockout settings in a local security policy.
    3. Configure a screen saver and require a password to unlock a Windows workstation.
    4. Configure the basic Windows Firewall.
    5. Encrypt files and folders.

ELT 3090 - Networking

1. Network Device Configuration
   1. Given a scenario, configure IP addressing, DNS, and DHCP for a network host.
   2. Given a scenario, perform basic switch configuration tasks.
   3. Given a scenario, perform basic router configuration tasks.
   4. Given a scenario, establish a wireless network connection for a device on the network.
   5. Given a scenario, configure a VoIP endpoint.
2. Network Management
   1. Given a scenario, configure DHCP services for a network subnet.
   2. Given a scenario, configure DNS for the network.
   3. Given a scenario, configure Remote Desktop to allow remote access to systems.
   4. Given a scenario, use network tools to discover network devices and resources.
   5. Given a scenario, perform data and server backup and recovery tasks.
   6. Given a scenario, configure virtual networking.
3. Network Security
   1. Given a scenario, configure a host firewall to provide local security.
   2. Given a scenario, secure an enterprise wireless network.
   3. Given a scenario, configure security for a switch.
   4. Given a scenario, configure systems and remote devices to create and use a VPN connection.
   5. Given a scenario, perform administrative tasks on a network security appliance.
   6. Given a scenario, respond to social engineering exploits.
4. Network Troubleshooting
   1. Given a scenario, troubleshoot issues with networking media or devices to establish network communication.
   2. Given a scenario, troubleshoot IP configuration issues to establish network communication.
   3. Given a scenario, troubleshoot wired or wireless network connectivity to establish network communication.

ELT 4010 - Robotics

1. Perform Task Analysis
   1. Evaluate written task
   2. Evaluate equipment and material
   3. Evaluate system revisions
2. Design, Sketch and Plan
   1. Determine sequence of operation
   2. Select proper equipment and material for task
   3. Create flow chart
   4. Create layout
   5. Create Input / Output Assignments
   6. Create Termination Assignments
   7. Create revisions for different tasks
3. Implement Design
   1. Develop a working program
   2. Set up and install all necessary equipment
   3. Test program and design step by step
4. System Performance
   1. Run program from start to finish
   2. Evaluate system and program 
   3. Set up revision program and system
   4. Ensure all safety requirements are met
5. Troubleshooting
   1. Repair any problem with system after first attempt of running
   2. Evaluate a completely functional system
   3. Troubleshoot a controlled faulted system with proper test equipment
   4. Restore fault and evaluate system for operation
   5. Troubleshoot and repair system to full operational status

ELT 4020 - Drive Fundamentals

1. Distinguish 
   1. DC Motor Controls
   2. AC Motor Controls
   3. PWM, Frequency, PID systems
2. Program
   1. DC motor controls
   2. Ac motor Controls
   3. PWM Control
   4. Frequency Control
   5. PID Control
3. Implement Design
   1. Develop a working program with all types of controls.
   2. Set up and install all necessary equipment.
   3. Test program and design step by step.
4. System Performance
   1. Ensure full safety with personnel and equipment.
   2. Run program from start to finish.
   3. Evaluate system and program. 
   4. Set up revision program and system.
5. Troubleshooting
   1. Repair any problem with system after first attempt of running.
   2. Evaluate a completely functional system.
   3. Troubleshoot a controlled faulted system with proper test equipment.
   4. Restore fault and evaluate system for operation.
   5. Troubleshoot and repair system to full operational status.

ELT 4030 - Fluid Power

1. Distinguish 
   1. Hydraulic Systems
   2. Pneumatic Systems
2. Describe
   1. Hydraulic components and system 
   2. Pneumatic components and systems
   3. Schematic symbols of each component
   4. Safety required for each system
3. Implement Design
   1. Develop a working system with all types of components.
   2. Set up and install all necessary equipment.
   3. Test system and design step by step.
4. System Performance
   1. Ensure all safety requirements are met.
   2. Run system from start to finish.
   3. Evaluate system.
   4. Set up revision system.
5. Troubleshooting
   1. Repair any problem with system after first attempt of running.
   2. Evaluate a completely functional system.
   3. Troubleshoot a controlled faulted system with proper test equipment.
   4. Restore fault and evaluate system for operation.
   5. Troubleshoot and repair system to full operational status.

ELT 4040 - Process Controls

1. Describe three common process control applications.
2. Describe three basic process control terms.
3. Define two types of process variables: controlled and manipulated.
4. Define an open loop process control system.
5. Define a closed loop process control system.
6. Describe the seven rules for safe dress when working with process control equipment.
7. Describe 14 basic rules of process safety.
8. Describe the function of Lockout/tagout.
9. Perform a lockout of process control equipment.
10. Describe the function of manual control.
11. Describe the operation of open loop manual control.
12. Describe the operation of closed loop manual control.
13. Describe two function of level measurement.
14. Describe the function of a sight gauge.
15. Describe how to read a sight glass.
16. Use a sight glass to determine liquid level.
17. Describe the function of the three basic symbols of a block diagram.
18. Draw a block diagram for a given application.
19. State the function of an instrument tag.
20. Define the types of information describe by instrument tag.
21. Describe five types of instrument tags.
22. Identify the location of a device using an instrument tag.
23. Identify the measured variable using an instrument tag.
24. Draw an instrument tag given device information.
25. Describe the operation of an on/off process control system.
26. Control the level in a tank using on/off control.
27. Program a UDI process meter’s discrete output as alarm.
28. Program a UDI process meter discrete output to perform on/off control.
29. Describe the function of P&ID.
30. Describe the function of loop diagram.
31. Identify P&ID line symbols.
32. Identify P&ID vavles, actuator and pump symbols.
33. Identify P&ID sensing elements.
34. Navigate a Honeywell loop controller menu system.
35. Describe how to enter a loop controller parameter using the control panel keys.
36. Operate a loop controller in the manual mode.
37. Describe the function of a current to air pressure (I/P) converter.
38. Connect and operate an I/P converter.
39. Describe how to calibrate a I/P converter using a multi-meter.
40. Calibrate a I/P converter using a multi-meter or loop calibrator.
41. Connect and operate a diaphragm actuator proportional valve.
42. Adjust the spring of a diaphragm actuator proportional valve.
43. Describe the operation of a variable capacitance pressure sensor.
44. Describe how to use a multi-meter to measure a pressure sensor output signal.
45. Connect and operate a variable capacitance pressure sensor.
46. Describe how to convert pressure sensor output signals to pressure units.
47. Describe how to convert liquid level unit to sensor output signal units.
48. Use a multi-meter to test pressure sensor operation.
49. Describe the operation of a process meter.
50. Configure UDI1700 process meter to display a process variable.
51. Use a Honeywell controller to control a process using proportional control.
52. Use a Honeywell controller to control a process using PI control.
53. Use a Honeywell PID controller to control a process using PID control.
54. Tune a control loop using the process reaction curve open loop method.

ELT 4050 - PLCs

1. Describe the invention and the development history of programmable logic controller (PLC) systems.
2. Discuss the benefits of PLCs over electromechanical relay logic systems.
3. Distinguish between fixed and modular PLC devices.
4. Discuss different types of Intel and Motorola microprocessors.
5. Explain different types of random access memory (RAM) devices and their use in PLC systems.
6. Explain different types of read only memory (ROM) devices.
7. Explain the use of the address decoder circuit in a PLC system.
8. List the major components of a PLC power supply.
9. Describe Allen-Bradley programmable controller devices.
10. Identify important questions to determine which PLC device to purchase.
11. Distinguish between Allen-Bradley fixed and modular SLC 500 processors.
12. Select modular Allen-Bradley SLC 500 series processor and chassis.
13. Select input or output modules for Allen-Bradley SLC 500 PLCs.
14. Recognize how to connect sensors and switches to PLC ports.
15. Describe the different types of PLC memory.
16. Describe the method to connect PLC devices to programming modules.
17. Explain the decimal number system.
18. Explain integer numbers, fractional numbers, and real numbers.
19. Describe the binary number system.
20. Convert decimal numbers to binary and vice versa.
21. Perform binary math operations such as add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
22. Explain the hexadecimal number system.
23. Convert binary numbers to hexadecimal numbers and vice versa.
24. Explain the octal number system.
25. Convert binary numbers to octal numbers and vice versa.
26. Explain the binary coded decimal number system and its use.
27. Convert decimal numbers to binary coded decimal.
28. Explain the Gray code number system and its use.
29. Explain ASCII and EBCDIC alphanumeric codes.
30. Use symbols to represent different types of input and output devices.
31. Create relay logic diagrams using the standard relay logic rules.
32. Place comments on relay logic devices using the standard rules.
33. Create relay logic circuits for process and industrial control problems.
34. List the rules for creating a PLC ladder logic diagram.
35. Convert a relay logic diagram to a PLC ladder logic diagram.
36. Create ladder logic diagrams when the PLC is in the offline mode.
37. Download PLC ladder logic diagrams and test them on a trainer.
38. Use the force instruction for troubleshooting.
39. Create and print program reports.
40. Use non-retentive and retentive timer ON-delay instructions to create PLC ladder logic diagrams.
41. Use move (MOV) instructions to create variable preset value timer instructions.
42. Use OFF-delay timers to create PLC ladder logic diagrams.
43. Connect timer instructions to interlock each other.
44. Use count up instructions to create PLC ladder logic diagrams.
45. Use count down instructions to create PLC ladder logic diagrams.
46. Reset counter instructions.
47. Connect different counter instructions and cascade counter instructions.
48. Use timer and counter instructions to create PLC ladder logic diagrams.
49. Create a PLC ladder logic diagram that uses the bit shift left (BSL) instruction.
50. Create a PLC ladder logic diagram that uses the bit shift right (BSR) instruction.
51. Reset the bit shift left or the bit shift right instruction to its starting bit position.
52. Create PLC ladder logic diagrams that incorporate one or more subroutines.
53. Create ladder logic diagrams for subroutine files.
54. Name or rename subroutine files.
55. Use input devices to call subroutine files.
56. Use compare instructions in the main PLC ladder logic diagram to call subroutine files.

ELT 4060 - Professional Development

1. Communication for Employment
   1. Preparing Resume
   2. Application Messages
   3. Interviewing Preparing

ELT 4070 - Cables and Connectors

1. Cables, Connectors, and Tools 
   1. Define wire.
   2. Define cable
   3. Define harness.
   4. Identify solid and stranded wires.
   5. Understand the purpose of a connector.
   6. Determine the difference between a plug and jack.
   7. Understand connector terminology.
   8. Understand the purpose of cutters.
   9. Understand the purpose of crimpers.
   10. Understand the purpose of a multi-meter.
   11. Understand the purpose of a cable tester.
2. Single Wire Assemblies 
   1. Identify the steps used to prepare, build, and test single wire assemblies.
   2. Assemble a FASTON type connector.
   3. Assemble a butt splice.
   4. Assemble a 0.156 KK Series connector.
   5. Build and test single wire assemblies without guidance.
3. Flat Satin Cable and RJ Connectors 
   1. Describe flat satin cable.
   2. Understand flat satin cable applications.
   3. Describe the RJ11 connector.
   4. Describe the RJ45 connector.
   5. Understand RJ11 and RJ45 applications.
   6. Assemble an RJ14 cable.
   7. Assemble an RJ45 cable.
   8. Build and test flat satin cable assemblies without guidance.
4. Cabling Standards and Categories of Performance 
   1. Understand the origin of cabling standards.
   2. Know the agencies responsible for establishing standards.
   3. Define Universal Service Ordering Codes.
   4. Understand the types of serial data connections.
   5. Describe characteristics of a multi-conductor cable.
   6. Describe characteristics of a flat satin cable.
   7. Describe characteristics of a twisted pair cable.
   8. Describe characteristics of a coaxial cable.
   9. Identify UTP, SCTP, and STP cable.
   10. Understand Cat 1 through Cat 7 cable properties.
5. Twisted Pair Cable 
   1. Identify and describe how a modular RJ45 plug is used.
   2. Identify and describe how a keystone jack is used.
   3. Identify the difference between an ATT 110 punchdown type jack and a CAT 5 TIA/EIA-568-A/B keystone type jack.
   4. Identify and describe how CAT 5 UTP cable is used.
   5. Understand T568A, T568B, and 10BASE-T wiring standards.
   6. Understand straight-through and cross-over wiring methods.
   7. Understand how to prepare CAT 5 UTP cable for assembly with an RJ45 modular plug and CAT 5 TIA/EIA-568-A/B keystone type jack.
   8. Identify the tools used to attach a modular RJ45 plug and CAT 5 TIA/EIA-568-A/B keystone type jack to CAT 5 UTP.
   9. Understand how to attach a CAT 5 TIA/EIA-568-A/B keystone type jack to a UTP cable following T568A standards.
   10. Prepare, build, and test a CAT 5 UTP cable with RJ45 plugs following T568A standards and the straight-through wiring method without guidance.
   11. Prepare, build, and test CAT 5 UTP cable with a CAT 5 TIA/EIA-568-A/B keystone type jack following T568A standards and the straight-through wiring method.
6. Multi-Wire Cable
   1. Describe a multi-wire cable.
   2. Identify a D-Sub connector.
   3. Understand how a D-Sub connector is used.
   4. Understand the purpose of DCE and DTE devices.
   5. Identify DCE and DTE cable configurations.
   6. Identify and examine the parts and types of D-Sub connectors.
   7. Examine the RS-232 wiring standard.
   8. Prepare, build, and test a multi-wire cable assembly using a D-Sub connector and RS-232 standards.
   9. Prepare, build, and test multi-wire cable assemblies without guidance.
7. Coaxial Cable 
   1. Describe the parts of a coaxial cable.
   2. Recognize types of coaxial cable.
   3. Identify coaxial cable applications.
   4. Recognize an F-type coaxial connector.
   5. Recognize a BNC coaxial connector.
   6. Understand how to prepare a coaxial cable for assembly with an F-type connector and a BNC connector.
   7. Identify the tools used to construct a coaxial cable assembly.
   8. Understand how to test a coaxial cable assembly with a multi-meter.
   9. Prepare, build, and test a coaxial cable assembly with F-type connectors.
   10. Prepare, build, and test a coaxial cable assembly with BNC type connectors.

ELT 4080 - Signal Processing

1. Communications Systems and Signal Processing 
   1. Describe the basic elements that compose a communications system.
   2. State the two fundamental limiting factors in a communications system.
   3. Describe the basic differences between analog and digital signals.
   4. Describe signal processing.
   5.  Identify various signal processing techniques.
2. Amplitude Modulation 
   1. Describe amplitude modulation (AM).
   2. Describe the characteristics of amplitude modulation.
   3. Generate amplitude modulation signals using a function generator.
   4. Observe and measure the characteristics of an amplitude modulated signal.
3. Frequency Modulation 
   1. Describe frequency modulation (FM).
   2. Describe the characteristics of frequency modulation.
   3. Generate frequency modulation signals using a function generator.
   4. Observe and measure the characteristics of a frequency modulated signal.
4. Single Sideband and Transmission Lines 
   1. Identify the Single Sideband operating principle.
   2. Identify the operation of a Single Sideband transmitter and receiver.
   3. Identify transmission line operating characteristics.
   4. Identify the different types of transmission lines.

ELT 4090 - Fiber Optics

1. Introduction to Fiber Optics 
   1. Explore the history of optical communication.
   2. Discuss how fiber optic technology evolved.
   3. Discussion of fiber optic light propagation using a block diagram.
   4. Basic fiber optic cable construction.
   5. Theory of light propagation.
   6. Explore some of the key advantages of using fiber optic technology.
   7. Discuss the limitations of fiber optic technology.
2. Fiber Optic Applications 
   1. Describe the theory of fiber optic communications.
   2. Identify the purpose of optical transmitters, receivers, and optical fibers.
   3. Understand light energy terms and measurements.
   4. Describe operation of an optical transmitter.
   5. Understand operation and characteristics of incandescent lamps and LEDs as optical transmitters.
   6. Describe operation of an optical receiver.
   7. Understand operation and characteristics of photocells, photodiodes, photovoltaics, phototransistors as optical receivers.
   8. Verify the principles of fiber optic communications.
   9. Demonstrate a simple fiber optic communication link.
   10. Observe the operation of LEDs and incandescent lamps as light sources.
   11. Observe the operation of photocells, photodiodes, photovoltaic cells and phototransistors as light detectors.
3. Introduction to Lasers 
   1. Describe the basic particle theory of light.
   2. Describe the basic wave theory of light.
   3. Describe the principles behind the quantum theory of light.
   4. Define the term Laser.
   5. Describe the quantum theory of radiation.
   6. Describe the characteristics of laser light.
   7. Describe the fundamental elements of a laser.
   8. Describe the various uses of lasers.
4. Introduction to Lasers 
   1. Describe the basic particle theory of light.
   2. Describe the basic wave theory of light.
   3. Describe the principles behind the quantum theory of light.
   4. Define the term Laser.
   5. Describe the quantum theory of radiation.
   6. Describe the characteristics of laser light.
   7. Describe the fundamental elements of a laser.
   8. Describe the various uses of lasers.
5. Fiber Optic Cable Connections 
   1. Explain losses due to the different types of misalignment and waveguide geometry.
   2. Describe the basic steps for splicing waveguides properly.
   3. Identify the six requirements for a good connector.
   4. Connectorize a fiber optic cable properly.
   5. Determine the losses of adding a non-permanent mechanical splice to a fiber optic cable.
6. Fiber Optic Systems Troubleshooting 
   1. Identify a faulted fiber optic system.
   2. Develop an organized troubleshooting strategy.
   3. Understand how to isolate a faulted section of a fiber optic system.
   4. Demonstrate the steps involved in properly troubleshooting a fiber optic system using a troubleshooting flowchart.
   5. Examine the characteristics of a faulty transmission circuit, transmission medium, and receiver circuit.

EETC 1300 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering Technology

1. Demonstrate the ability to work safely with electrical circuits
2. Use a personal computer to organize files, send and receive email, research  topics, prepare documents including: papers, tables, graphs, spreadsheets, and presentations.
3. Demonstrate the ability to work in a team and be able to make a group presentation using technical information.

EETC 1310 - Electrial Maintenance Orient

EETC 1311 - Electric Circuits I

1. Demonstrate an understanding of relationships between voltage, current, resistance, and power in DC and AC circuits.
2. Demonstrate an understanding series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits in DC and AC circuits.
3. Demonstrate the proper use of electrical test equipment.

EETC 1312 - Electric Circuits II

1. Demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits using advanced theorems.
2. Analyze AC circuits using phasor algebra theorems.
3. Demonstrate the proper use of electrical test equipment.

EETC 1313 - DC Circuits

1. Demonstrate an understanding of relationships between voltage, current, resistance, and power in DC circuits.
2. Demonstrate an understanding series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits in DC circuits.
3. Demonstrate the proper use of electrical test equipment.

EETC 1314 - AC Circuits

1. Demonstrate an understanding of relationships between voltage, current, resistance, and power in AC circuits.
2. Analyze AC circuits using phasor algebra theorems.
3. Demonstrate the proper use of electrical test equipment.

EETC 1321 - Electronics I

1. Demonstrate an understanding of diodes (single junction solid state devices).
2. Demonstrate an understanding of transistors (two junction solid state devices).
3. Demonstrate the proper use of electrical test equipment with active electronic devices.

EETC 1322 - Electronics II

1. Identify the pinout and functionality of selected linear integrated circuits.             
2. Determine the design parameters for a linear power supply.       
3. Design and build solid-state amplifier circuits.

EETC 1331 - Digital Fundamentals

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the binary numbering system.
2. Demonstrate the use of logic devices.
3. Demonstrate the use of Boolean logic.

EETC 1340 - Intro to Biomedical Technology

1. Display an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
2. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of human physiology related to electronic patient monitoring and care.
3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the electrical hazards that are present in the healthcare industry.

EETC 1341 - Biomedical Technology Safety

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of the electrical hazards present in a healthcare environment.
2. Demonstrate a knowledge of the dangers that are related to electrical healthcare equipment to both healthcare professionals and patients.
3. Demonstrate a knowledge of proper management practices related to emergency and security situations.

EETC 1350 - Electrical Technology for MET

1. Calculate voltage and current in AC/DC circuits through series or parallel component arrangements.
2. Explain the integral operational characteristics of basic transformers, generators, and motors.
3. Name three primary types of sensors and give an example for the use of each in an integrated system.

EETC 1351 - HVAC Electrical Systems

1. Identify and describe the function of all related components in an HVAC system.
2. Correctly place, wire and test the major components in an HVAC electrical system.
3. Troubleshoot and correct problems in various HVAC systems.

EETC 1370 - Transformers/Rotating Machines

1. Calculate transformer variables based on turns ratios
2. Explain the parts, functions and characteristics of a DC machine.
3. Explain the parts, functions and characteristics of both single phase and three phase AC machines.

EETC 2190 - Capstone 1 Hr.

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan projects from inception through completion.
2. Demonstrate the application of basic process analysis and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and work within a team based environment.

EETC 2199 - Special Topics 1 Hr.

1. Develop and present a plan that will cover the proposed topic of study.
2. Follow the proposed plan of study and provide updates regarding the progress of the study project on a scheduled basis.
3. Provide a thorough final presentation of the topic studied.

EETC 2290 - Capstone

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan projects from inception through completion.
2. Demonstrate the application of basic process analysis and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and work within a team based environment.

EETC 2291 - Internship

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan projects from inception through completion.
2. Demonstrate the application of basic process analysis and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and work within a team based environment.

EETC 2299 - Special Topics 2 Hr.

1. Develop and present a plan that will cover the proposed topic of study.
2. Follow the proposed plan of study and provide updates regarding the progress of the study project on a scheduled basis.
3. Provide a thorough final presentation of the topic studied.

EETC 2311 - Power Technology

1. Demonstrate an understanding of power generating systems.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of power distribution systems.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of electric motor and control systems.

EETC 2315 - Applied Electricity

1. Demonstrate an understanding of Electrical safety and the National Electrical Codes (NEC).
2. Demonstrate an understanding residential and commercial electrical symbols and drawings.
3. Demonstrate residential and commercial wiring methods.

EETC 2316 - Alternative Energy

1. Demonstrate an understanding of Energy Alternatives & Distributed Generation (Solar, Wind, Fuel Cell, etc.)
2. Demonstrate an understanding of Photovoltaic System components and configurations.
3. Demonstrate an ability to install a Photovoltaic system.

EETC 2322 - Photovoltaic Installation and NEC

1. Identify and explain the structure, features, and elements of photovoltaic (PV) systems.
2. Explain relationship between PV cells size and area requirement to energy converting efficiency and the benefit of a Hybrid solar energy system.
3. Explain basic installation considerations and what is involved in connecting a PV system to a grid

EETC 2323 - Solar System Equipment & Components

1. Identify and explain the main -components of PV solar energy systems.
2. Analyze the effects of photovoltaic cells orientation with the sun.
3. Analyze the total installation cost, total maintenance cost and payback period of a PV solar system.

EETC 2330 - Digital Industrial Control Systems

1. Design and build sequential and/or other non-combinational digital logic control circuits.
2. Design and build input/output interfaces for connecting digital control systems to real-world industrial devices.
3. Troubleshoot digital control systems.

EETC 2331 - PLC I

1. Identify the basic components of a PLC system.
2. Demonstrate the ability to program a PLC.
3. Demonstrate the ability to integrate external input and output devices.

EETC 2332 - PLC II

1. Design and implement control system networks.
2. Setup and apply servo motor control systems.  
3. Integrate PLC technology to control automated work cells.

EETC 2333 - Industrial Electronic Controls

1. Explain the operation of an electronic control system in block diagram form.
2. Identify and explain the operation of industrial electrical control devices.
3. Identify and explain how ladder logic control systems are used in advanced automated industrial control systems.

EETC 2334 - Safety PLC

1. Identify input and output safety modules.
2. Explain safety redundancy and timing for SIL 2 and SIL 3 requirements.
3. Integrate a safety program within a standard PLC program.                   

EETC 2335 - Motion PLC and Servo Control

1. Identify motion instructions and applicable hardware. 
2. Explain what servo drives and servo motors are.
3. Identify a servo drive parameter set, why it is used, and what it does
4. Integrate a motion program within a standard PLC program.             

EETC 2340 - Biomedical Instrumentation I

1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of electronics applications, including instrumentation amplifiers.
2. Demonstrate a basic ability to properly and safely use electrical testing equipment.
3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the patient-machine interface using several types of biomedical testing and monitoring devices.

EETC 2341 - Biomedical Instrumentation II

1. Demonstrate an understanding of advanced electronics applications, including instrumentation amplifiers.
2. Demonstrate an advanced ability to properly and safely use electrical testing equipment.
3. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the patient-machine interface using several types of biomedical testing and monitoring devices.

EETC 2350 - Integrated Robotics

1. Identify the working axes of an industrial robot.     
2. Create a basic program for a pick and place operation using a teach pendant.      
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how robotic technology is integrated into an automated system.

EETC 2351 - Data Acquisition and Control

1. Write basic data acquisition programs.
2. Demonstrate how to acquire Digital and Analog signals using data acquisition programs.
3. Demonstrate using data acquisition programs to control automation equipment.

EETC 2361 - Instrumentation Technology

1. Demonstrate an understanding of instrumentation terminology, symbiology and drawings.
2. Demonstrate an ability to install and calibrate instrumentation devices for measuring such parameters as pressure, temperature, flow and level.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of Controller Operation and Process Control Methods.

EETC 2370 - Fiber Optics & Cabling

1. Demonstrate a proficiency in understanding basic optical terms and concepts.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and operations of both LEDs and LASER diodes.
3. Demonstrate a proficiency in cable and fiber preparation, connectorization, fusion, splicing and terminating to required standard.

EETC 2371 - Microprocessor-Based Control Systems

1. Program a microprocessor/microcontroller in a low-level language.
2. Design and build input/output interfaces for connecting microprocessor/microcontroller systems to real-world industrial devices.              
3. Perform troubleshooting on software and hardware systems.

EETC 2380 - Electrical Code

1. Demonstrate the ability to select the proper wire size and determine over-current protection for distribution circuits.
2. Explain the difference between grounding and grounded conductors.
3. Calculate branch circuit, feeder, and service conductor sizes; calculate pull box and conduit fill.

EETC 2390 - Capstone

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan projects from inception through completion.
2. Demonstrate the application of basic process analysis and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and work within a team based environment.

EETC 2391 - Internship

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan projects from inception through completion.
2. Demonstrate the application of basic process analysis and problem solving skills.
3. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and work within a team based environment.

EETC 2399 - Special Topics

1. Develop and present a plan that will cover the proposed topic of study.
2. Follow the proposed plan of study and provide updates regarding the progress of the study project on a scheduled basis.
3. Provide a thorough final presentation of the topic studied.

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I

EMSP 1401 - Paramedic Skills Lab 1  

Course Description:
Paramedic Clinical I is the first of three clinical courses designed to allow the student to meet all psychomotor and affective objectives for the clinical requirements of a paramedic program and build upon the concepts and knowledge gained during the first semester.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. The student will display competency in the psychomotor domain consistent with that of a TRAINED PRECEPTOR conducting Clinical I as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
2. The student will display competency in the affective domain consistent with that of a TRAINED PRECEPTOR conducting Clinical I as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
3. The student will display competency in the cognitive domain consistent with that of a TRAINED PRECEPTOR conducting Clinical I as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.

EMSP 1401 - Paramedic Skills Lab 1

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I  

Course Description:
Skills Lab I is a laboratory based course utilizing scenarios to emphasize airway management, medication administration, and successful assessment of patients with a variety of medical concerns and an introduction to cardiology. This course includes application of principles and processes discussed in Fundamentals I.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to airway management of age-related patients associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
2. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to pharmacological interventions available to treat patients as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
3. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related patient cardiovascular emergencies including cardiology events associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
4. Students will perform a comprehensive history and physical examination to identify factors affecting the health and health needs of patients.
5. Students will perform the psychomotor skills of comprehensive documentation of patient care.
6. Students will perform the psychomotor skills of a comprehensive communications report of patient care.
7. Students will perform the psychomotor skill of compiling and implementing a comprehensive public health research project.

EMSP 1801 - Fundamentals of Paramedic I

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I  

Course Description:
Fundamentals of Paramedic I is the first of two lecture courses to include the following topics: paramedic roles, responsibilities, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, EMS operations, medical/legal considerations, anatomy and physiology, life span development, general pathophysiology, general pharmacology, patient assessment, critical thinking, airway management, respiratory emergencies and introduction to cardiology.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of outcomes:

1. The student will integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of professional roles and responsibilities of the emergency medical services system as well as emergency medical services system operations as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
2. The student will integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of medical and legal considerations of operating as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
3. The student will integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of the general pathophysiology of the human body relative to patient assessment, critical thinking and treatment.
4. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of the skills associated with advanced level management of age-related patient airway presentations as associated with respiratory emergencies for care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
5. The student will integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of pharmacological interventions available to treat patients as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
6. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of age-related patient cardiovascular emergencies associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
7. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of workforce safety and wellness as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
8. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of public health as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
9. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of emergency medical care communications associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
10. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of patient care documentation as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
11. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of age-related patient anatomy and physiology as associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
12. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of age-related patient cardiovascular emergencies associated with care as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 
13. The student will recognize, classify and translate the multiple determinants of age-related patient care  associated with life span development as a paramedic in the pre-hospital emergency care setting. 

EMSP 2303 - Paramedic Practicum

EMSP 2402 - Paramedic Skills Lab II  

Corequisites: EMSP 2403 - Paramedic Capstone  

EMSP 2513 - Paramedic Field Internship  

Course Description:
Paramedic Practicum is a combination of laboratory and scenarios based course intended to assist students on developing skills related to the theories presented in their previous courses.  This course will allow for preparation for psychomotor licensure testing and preparation as a competent entry level Paramedic.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with traumatic emergencies.  This performance will mitigate the emergencies and prove beneficial to the overall health of the patient.
2. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with medical emergencies in order to mitigate the emergencies and benefit the overall health of the patient.
3. The student will be proficient at determining the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with medical emergencies.
4. The student will be proficient at determining the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with trauma emergencies.

EMSP 2402 - Paramedic Skills Lab II

EMSP 1401 - Paramedic Skills Lab 1  

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I  

Corequisites: EMSP 2802 - Fundamentals of Paramedic II  

EMSP 2412 - Paramedic Clinical II  

Course Description:
Paramedic Skills Lab II is a laboratory based course intended to utilize scenarios to emphasize respiratory/cardiac emergencies (on-going from EMSP 1401), pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, hematology, gynecology, obstetrics, neonatology, pediatrics, trauma, continuing cardiology, and successful assessment of patients with a variety of medical conditions. This course includes application of principles and processes discussed in Fundamentals I.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with acute or chronic pulmonary, respiratory, and cardiovascular emergencies (on-going from PARA 1401).
2. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic neurologic emergency.
3. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic endocrinology emergency.
4. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic gastroenterology emergency.
5. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic urologic and/or nephrology emergency.
6. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic hematological emergency.
7. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with acute or chronic gynecological and obstetrical emergencies.
8. Students will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with acute or chronic neonatal and pediatric emergencies.
9. Student will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic traumatic emergency.
10. Student will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to age-related management of a patient with an environmental emergency.
11. Student will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to the management of the geriatric patient.
12. Student will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to the management of patients with special challenges.
13. Student will safely and effectively perform the psychomotor skills relative to the age-related management and resuscitation of the critical patient.

EMSP 2403 - Paramedic Capstone

EMSP 2802 - Fundamentals of Paramedic II  

Corequisites: EMSP 2303 - Paramedic Practicum  

EMSP 2513 - Paramedic Field Internship  

Course Description:
Paramedic Capstone serves as a mechanism to insure that the student meets academic requirements to test for National Registry and licensure.  This course will include all necessary steps needed to complete the program including exit exams, preparation for National Registry practical and written exams, exit interviews, patient care review by the Medical Director, and any other administrative requirements that the program may deem necessary.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. The student will demonstrate competency in the psychomotor domain consistent with that of an entry level paramedic as confirmed by the program director, program instructor, clinical coordinator, and medical director’s evaluation.
2. The student will demonstrate competency in the affective domain consistent with that of a paramedic student attending Clinical II as confirmed by the program director, program instructor, clinical coordinator, and medical director’s evaluation.
3. The student will demonstrate competency in the cognitive domain consistent with that of a paramedic student attending Clinical II as confirmed by the program director, program instructor, clinical coordinator, and medical director’s evaluation.
4. Student will function as a competent entry-level paramedic.

EMSP 2412 - Paramedic Clinical II

EMSP 1401 - Paramedic Skills Lab 1  

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I  

Corequisites: EMSP 2802 - Fundamentals of Paramedic II  

EMSP 2402 - Paramedic Skills Lab II  

Course Description:
Paramedic Clinical II is the second of three clinical experiences designed to allow the student to meet all psychomotor and affective objectives for the clinical requirements of a paramedic program and to build upon the concepts and knowledge gained during prior and/or concurrent courses. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. The student will demonstrate competency in the psychomotor domain consistent with that of a paramedic student attending Clinical II as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
2. The student will demonstrate competency in the affective domain consistent with that of a paramedic student attending Clinical II as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
3. The student will demonstrate competency in the cognitive domain consistent with that of a paramedic student attending Clinical II as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.

EMSP 2513 - Paramedic Field Internship

EMSP 2412 - Paramedic Clinical II  

Corequisites: EMSP 2303 - Paramedic Practicum  

Course Description:
Paramedic Field Internship provides evidence that the student is capable of acting as a team leader in managing the emergency care and treatment of an injured or ill patient at the paramedic level. The student will demonstrate competency in this role.  While all skill sets should have been achieved prior to initiating the internship, patient types and pathologies may be used from this experience to complete the minimum graduation academic requirements as set forth in CoAEMSP accreditation documents and the Tennessee Office of EMS.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. The student will demonstrate entry level competency in the psychomotor domain consistent with that of a paramedic as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
2. The student will demonstrate competency in the affective domain consistent with that of a paramedic as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
3. The student will demonstrate competency in the cognitive domain consistent with that of a paramedic as confirmed by the clinical preceptor’s evaluation.
4. Entry level competency will be determined by using actual observation of the student by the trained preceptor. Successful evaluations of the student will be presented to the clinical coordinator, instructors, program director and medical director. All of these individuals must have a consensus that the student has met terminal competencies.

EMSP 2802 - Fundamentals of Paramedic II

EMSP 1401 - Paramedic Skills Lab 1  

EMSP 1311 - Paramedic Clinical I  

Corequisites: EMSP 2402 - Paramedic Skills Lab II  

EMSP 2412 - Paramedic Clinical II  

Course Description:
Fundamentals of Paramedic II is the second of two lecture courses to include the following topics: respiratory & cardiology (on-going from EMSP 1801), pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, urology and nephrology, hematology, gynecology, obstetrics, neonatology, pediatrics, geriatric emergencies, psychological emergencies and trauma/shock.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following standards:

1. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinates of age-related management of patients with acute or chronic respiratory/cardiac related emergencies (on-going from PARA 1801).
2. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with acute or chronic pulmonary and cardiovascular emergencies (on-going from PARA 1801).
3. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic neurologic emergency.
4. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic endocrinology emergency.
5. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic gastroenterology emergency.
6. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic urologic and/or nephrology emergency.
7. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of a patient with an acute or chronic hematological emergency.
8. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with acute or chronic gynecological and obstetrical emergencies.
9. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with acute or chronic neonatal and pediatric emergencies.
10. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the determinants of the age-related management of geriatric emergencies.
11. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the determinants of the age-related management of psychiatric emergencies.
12. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the multiple determinants of age-related management of patients with acute or chronic traumatic emergencies and corresponding shock.
13. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the determinants of the age-related management and resuscitation of the critical patient.
14. The student will integrate, synthesize, and evaluate the determinants of age-related management of patients with special challenges.

EMSB 1101 - EMT Medical Skills Lab

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical  

Course Description:
EMT Medical Skills Lab is a laboratory based course utilizing scenarios to emphasize EMS operations, communications, documentation, medical/legal/ethical considerations, airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, behavioral emergencies, assisting with medication administration, and successful assessment of patients with a variety of medical concerns. This course includes application of principles and processes discussed in EMT Medical Emergencies.

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1101 and EMSB 1102 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of:

1. The student will utilize appropriate techniques to perform a patient assessment of an injured person of multi-system trauma and formulate a treatment plan for all conditions and injuries discovered.
2. The student will utilize the appropriate techniques to perform a patient assessment of a patient with a chief complaint of a medical problem and formulate a treatment plan for all conditions discovered.
3. The student will utilize the appropriate techniques to obtain and document a medical history from a patient.
4. The student will initiate basic interventions based on assessment findings.
5. The student will demonstrate, safely and effectively, the psychomotor skills appropriate for use and care of all required equipment for age-related management of patients needing prehospital emergency care within the National scope of practice.
6. The student will demonstrate professional behavior including but not limited to integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self-confidence, communication, time management, teamwork, diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service.

EMSB 1102 - EMT Trauma and Medical Skills Lab

EMSB 1101 - EMT Medical Skills Lab  

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical  

EMSB 1602 - EMT Trauma and Medical Emergencies  

EMSB 1112 - EMT Field Internship   depending on delivery schedule.

Course Description:
EMT Trauma and Medical Skills Lab is a laboratory based course utilizing scenarios to emphasize obstetrics and gynecology, neonatal care, pediatric emergencies, geriatric emergencies, environmental emergencies, patients with special challenges, trauma and shock.

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1101 and EMSB 1102 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of:

1. The student will utilize appropriate techniques to perform a patient assessment of an injured person of multi-system trauma and formulate a treatment plan for all conditions and injuries discovered.
2. The student will utilize the appropriate techniques to perform a patient assessment of a patient with a chief complaint of a medical problem and formulate a treatment plan for all conditions discovered.
3. The student will utilize the appropriate techniques to obtain and document a medical history from a patient.
4. The student will initiate basic interventions based on assessment findings.
5. The student will demonstrate, safely and effectively, the psychomotor skills appropriate for use and care of all required equipment for age-related management of patients needing prehospital emergency care within the National scope of practice.
6. The student will demonstrate professional behavior including but not limited to integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self-confidence, communication, time management, teamwork, diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service.

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical

EMSB 1101 - EMT Medical Skills Lab  

Course Description:
EMT Clinical is the one of two clinical courses designed to allow the student to meet all psychomotor and affective outcomes for the clinical requirements of an EMT program and build upon the concepts and knowledge learned in EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations.

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1111 and EMSB 1112 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following outcomes:

1. The student will be able to demonstrate professional behavior including but not limited to: integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self confidence, communication, time-management, teamwork, diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service.
2. The student will be able to initiate basic interventions based on assessment findings.
3. The student will be able to report and document assessment data and interventions.  
4. The student will be able to perform a patient assessment and provide pre-hospital emergency care and prepare patient for transport based on patient complaint.
5. The student will be able to serve as an EMS team member on an emergency call with more trained personnel in the lead role.

6. The student will be able to ensure safety of the rescuer and others during an emergency.

EMSB 1112 - EMT Field Internship

EMSB 1101 - EMT Medical Skills Lab  

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical  

EMSB 1602 - EMT Trauma and Medical Emergencies  ,

EMSB 1102 - EMT Trauma and Medical Skills Lab  depending on delivery schedule.

Course Description:
EMT Field Internship is the one of two clinical courses designed to allow the student to meet all psychomotor and affective outcomes for the clinical requirements of an EMT program and build upon the concepts and knowledge learned during prior and/or concurrent courses.   

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1111 and EMSB 1112 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the following outcomes:

1. The student will be able to demonstrate professional behavior including but not limited to: integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self confidence, communication, time-management, teamwork, diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service.
2. The student will be able to initiate basic interventions based on assessment findings.
3. The student will be able to report and document assessment data and interventions.  
4. The student will be able to perform a patient assessment and provide pre-hospital emergency care and prepare patient for transport based on patient complaint.
5. The student will be able to serve as an EMS team member on an emergency call with more trained personnel in the lead role.
6. The student will be able to ensure safety of the rescuer and others during an emergency.

EMSB 1601 - EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical  

Course Description:
EMT Medical Emergencies and EMS Operations is the one of two lecture courses designed to provide the student with the knowledge of an entry-level Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).  This course includes the following topics: Emergency Medical Responder-National Educational Standards competencies, roles and responsibilities of the EMT, workforce safety, wellness, public health, communications, documentation, EMS operations, medical/legal/ethical considerations, fundamental anatomy and physiology, life span development, fundamental pathophysiology, patient assessment,  airway management, respiratory emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, acute diabetic emergencies, abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies, urologic emergencies, anaphylactic reactions, and behavioral emergencies.

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1601, and EMSB 1602 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of:

1. The student will apply fundamental knowledge relative to the multiple determinants of professional roles and responsibilities of the emergency medical services system as well as emergency medical services system operations as a pre-hospital emergency care provider.
2. The student will demonstrate fundamental knowledge in EMS Systems, Research, Workforce Safety and Wellness, Documentation, Communication and Medical/Legal and Ethics.
3. The student will identify the operational roles and responsibilities to ensure patient, public, and personnel safety in performing emergency care and operational aspects as a prehospital care provider.
4. The student will apply a fundamental knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pathophysiology, and lifespan development relative to patient assessment in determining emergency medical care administration.
5. The student will apply a fundamental knowledge in patient airway management including oxygen administration, airway adjunct application, and artificial ventilation.
6. The student will demonstrate fundamental knowledge of pharmacology, medication administration, and emergency medications interventions available to treat patients as a prehospital care provider in the pre-hospital emergency care setting.
7. The student will apply scene information to guide emergency management of patients by using scene size up information, patient findings related to primary and secondary assessment, patient history, and reassessment.
8. The student will demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of age-related management of prehospital emergency care within the scope practice of a prehospital care provider caring for a medical patient including, but not limited to neurologic emergencies, gastrointestinal/urologic emergencies, immunologic emergencies, endocrine/hematologic emergencies, cardiovascular emergencies, respiratory emergencies, and toxicological emergencies.
9. The student will apply fundamental knowledge to perform age-related management of shock and resuscitation.
10. The student will demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of environmental emergencies, EMS operations, transport operations, lifting and moving patients, vehicle extrication, special rescue, incident management, and terrorism response.
11. The student will demonstrate critical thinking skills to develop the ability to analyze and develop the most effective means of caring for age-related patient management of prehospital care for patients.

EMSB 1602 - EMT Trauma and Medical Emergencies

EMSB 1101 - EMT Medical Skills Lab  

EMSB 1111 - EMT Clinical  

EMSB 1102 - EMT Trauma and Medical Skills Lab  

EMSB 1112 - EMT Field Internship   depending on delivery schedule.

Course Description:
EMT Trauma and Medical Emergencies is the one of two lecture courses designed to provide the student with the knowledge of an entry-level Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).  This course includes the following topics: obstetrics and gynecology, neonatal care, pediatric emergencies, geriatric emergencies, environmental emergencies, patients with special challenges, trauma and shock.  Trauma and shock will include the following topics: bleeding, soft tissue injuries, head & spine injuries, face & neck injuries, chest injuries, abdominal & genitourinary injuries, and orthopedic injuries.

The outcomes presented in EMSB 1601 and EMSB 1602 may be taught in a coterminous format or in a two-semester format.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate knowledge of:

1. The student will apply fundamental knowledge relative to the multiple determinants of professional roles and responsibilities of the emergency medical services system as well as emergency medical services system operations as a pre-hospital emergency care provider.
2. The student will demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of age-related management of prehospital emergency care within the scope practice of a prehospital care provider caring for a patient including, but not limited to bleeding, soft-tissue injuries, face and neck injuries, head and spine injuries, chest injuries, abdominal/genitourinary injuries, orthopedic injuries, and environmental emergencies.
3. The student will apply fundamental knowledge to perform age-related management of shock and resuscitation.
4. The student will apply fundamental knowledge in the care of special populations to include but not limited to psychiatric emergencies, gynecologic/obstetrical, neonatal care, pediatric patients, geriatric patients, and patients with special challenges.
5. The student will demonstrate critical thinking skills to enhance the ability to analyze and develop the most effective means of caring for age-related patient management of prehospital care for patients.

EMT 0001 - Worker Characteristic

1. Attendance
   1. Attends class as scheduled.
   2. Arrives/leaves on time (no tardiness).
   3. Notifies instructor prior to or day of being absent.
2. Character
   1. Displays loyalty, honesty, trustworthiness.
   2. Displays dependability and reliability.
   3. Displays initiative, self-discipline and self-responsibility. 
   4. Displays self-discipline and performs what is asked of them.
3. Teamwork
   1. Respects the rights of others.
   2. Maintains appropriate confidentiality.
   3. Is a team worker that is cooperative, mannerly, and appropriately assertive.
   4. Displays a customer service attitude.
   5. Seeks opportunities for continuous learning from others.
4. Appearance
   1. Demonstrates appropriate dress indicative of trade. 
   2. Demonstrates professional grooming and hygiene. 
   3. Presents oneself professionally each day.
5. Attitude
   1. Displays a positive and professional attitude.
   2. Displays self-confidence.
   3. Displays high expectations of success in trade.
6. Productivity
   1. Follows safety practices.
   2. Maintains a neat and clean work area.
   3. Follows directions and procedures.
   4. Completes assignments in keeping with deadlines.
7. Organization Skills
   1. Prioritizes and manages class time.
   2. Demonstrates flexibility in handling change.
8. Communications
   1. Displays appropriate nonverbal skills (eye contact, body language).
   2. Displays appropriate listening skills. 
   3. Uses appropriate language on a professional level.
9. Cooperation
   1. Displays leadership skills.
   2. Appropriately handles criticism, conflicts and complaints.
   3. Demonstrates problem-solving capabilities.
   4. Maintains appropriate relationships with instructors and peers.
   5. Follows requests of instructor.
10. Respect
    1. Engages with cultural and racial diversity in a professional manner.
    2. Refrains from engaging in harassment of any kind.
    3. Encourages others to avoid harassment.

EMT 0002 - Worker Characteristic

1. Attendance
   1. Attends class as scheduled.
   2. Arrives/leaves on time (no tardiness).
   3. Notifies instructor prior to or day of being absent.
2. Character
   1. Displays loyalty, honesty, trustworthiness.
   2. Displays dependability and reliability.
   3. Displays initiative, self-discipline and self-responsibility. 
   4. Displays self-discipline and performs what is asked of them.
3. Teamwork
   1. Respects the rights of others.
   2. Maintains appropriate confidentiality.
   3. Is a team worker that is cooperative, mannerly, and appropriately assertive.
   4. Displays a customer service attitude.
   5. Seeks opportunities for continuous learning from others.
4. Appearance
   1. Demonstrates appropriate dress indicative of trade. 
   2. Demonstrates professional grooming and hygiene. 
   3. Presents oneself professionally each day.
5. Attitude
   1. Displays a positive and professional attitude.
   2. Displays self-confidence.
   3. Displays high expectations of success in trade.
6. Productivity
   1. Follows safety practices.
   2. Maintains a neat and clean work area.
   3. Follows directions and procedures.
   4. Completes assignments in keeping with deadlines.
7. Organization Skills
   1. Prioritizes and manages class time.
   2. Demonstrates flexibility in handling change.
8. Communications
   1. Displays appropriate nonverbal skills (eye contact, body language).
   2. Displays appropriate listening skills. 
   3. Uses appropriate language on a professional level.
9. Cooperation
   1. Displays leadership skills.
   2. Appropriately handles criticism, conflicts and complaints.
   3. Demonstrates problem-solving capabilities.
   4. Maintains appropriate relationships with instructors and peers.
   5. Follows requests of instructor.
10. Respect
    1. Engages with cultural and racial diversity in a professional manner.
    2. Refrains from engaging in harassment of any kind.
    3. Encourages others to avoid harassment.

EMT 1010 - Foundations of EMS

1. Define Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems.
2. Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the EMT-Basic from other prehospital care providers.
3. Describe the roles and responsibilities related to personal safety.
4. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the EMT-Basic towards the safety of the crew, the patient and bystanders.
5. Define quality improvement and discuss the EMT-Basic’s role in the process.
6. Define medical direction and discuss the EMT-Basic’s role in the process.
7. State the specific statutes and regulations in your state regarding the EMS system.
8. Assess areas of personal attitude and conduct of the EMT-Basic.
9. Characterize the various methods used to access the EMS system in your community.
10. List possible emotional reactions that the EMT-Basic may experience when faced with trauma, illness, death and dying. 
11. Discuss the possible reactions that a family member may exhibit when confronted with death and dying.
12. State the steps in the EMT-Basic’s approach to the family confronted with death and dying.
13. State the possible reactions that the family of the EMT-Basic may exhibit due to their outside involvement in EMS.
14. Recognize the signs and symptoms of critical incident stress.
15. State possible steps that the EMT-Basic may take to help reduce/alleviate stress.
16. Explain the need to determine scene safety. 
17. Discuss the importance of body substance isolation (BSI).
18. Describe the steps the EMT-Basic should take for personal protection from airborne and blood borne pathogens.
19. List the personal protective equipment necessary for each of the following situations: Hazardous materials - Rescue operations - Violent scenes - Crime scenes
20. Define the EMT-Basic scope of practice. 
21. Discuss the importance of Do Not Resuscitate [DNR] (advance directives) and local or state provisions regarding EMS application.
22. Define consent and discuss the methods of obtaining consent.
23. Differentiate between expressed and implied consent. 
24. Explain the role of consent of minors in providing care.
25. Discuss the implications for the EMT-Basic in patient refusal of transport.
26. Discuss the issues of abandonment, negligence, and battery and their implications to the EMT
27. State the conditions necessary for the EMT-Basic to have a duty to act.
28. Explain the importance, necessity and legality of patient confidentiality.
29. Discuss the considerations of the EMT-Basic in issues of organ retrieval.
30. Differentiate the actions that an EMT-Basic should take to assist in the preservation of a crime scene. State the conditions that require an EMT-Basic to notify local law enforcement officials.
31. Explain the role of EMS and the EMT-Basic regarding patients with DNR orders. 
32. Explain the rationale for the needs, benefits and usage of advance directives.
33. Explain the rationale for the concept of varying degrees of DNR.
34. Identify the following topographic terms: Medial, lateral, proximal, distal, superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, midline, right and left, mid-clavicular, bilateral, mid-axillary. 
35. Describe the anatomy and function of the following major body systems: Respiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, nervous and endocrine.
36. Identify the components of vital signs.
37. Describe the methods to obtain a breathing rate.
38. Identify the attributes that should be obtained when assessing breathing.
39. Differentiate between shallow, labored and noisy breathing.
40. Describe the methods to obtain a pulse rate. 
41. Identify the information obtained when assessing a patient’s pulse.
42. Differentiate between a strong, weak, regular and irregular pulse.
43. Describe the methods to assess the skin color, temperature, condition (capillary refill in infants and children).
44. Identify the normal and abnormal skin colors.
45. Differentiate between pale, blue, red and yellow skin color.
46. Identify the normal and abnormal skin temperature.
47. Differentiate between hot, cool and cold skin temperature.
48. Identify normal and abnormal skin conditions.
49. Identify normal and abnormal capillary refill in infants and children.
50. Describe the methods to assess the pupils.
51. Identify normal and abnormal pupil size.
52. Differentiate between dilated (big) and constricted (small) pupil size.
53. Differentiate between reactive and non-reactive pupils and equal and unequal pupils.
54. Describe the methods to assess blood pressure. 
55. Define systolic pressure.
56. Define diastolic pressure.
57. Explain the difference between auscultation and palpation for obtaining a blood pressure.
58. Identify the components of the SAMPLE history.
59. Differentiate between a sign and a symptom. 
60. State the importance of accurately reporting and recording the baseline vital signs.
61. Discuss the need to search for additional medical identification.
62. Explain the value of performing the baseline vital signs. 
63. Recognize and respond to the feelings patients experience during assessment.
64. Defend the need for obtaining and recording an accurate set of vital signs.
65. Explain the rationale of recording additional sets of vital signs.
66. Explain the importance of obtaining a SAMPLE history.
67. Demonstrate the skills involved in assessment of breathing.
68. Demonstrate the skills associated with obtaining a pulse. 
69. Demonstrate the skills associated with assessing the skin color, temperature, condition, and capillary refill in infants and children.
70. Demonstrate the skills associated with assessing the pupils.
71. Demonstrate the skills associated with obtaining blood pressure.
72. Demonstrate the skills that should be used to obtain information from the patient, family, or bystanders at the scene.
73. Define body mechanics.
74. Discuss the guidelines and safety precautions that need to be followed when lifting a patient.
75. Describe the safe lifting of cots and stretchers.
76. Describe the guidelines and safety precautions for carrying patients and/or equipment.
77. Discuss one-handed carrying techniques.
78. Describe correct and safe carrying procedures on stairs.
79. State the guidelines for reaching and their application.
80. Describe correct reaching for log rolls.
81. State the guidelines for pushing and pulling
82. Discuss the general considerations of moving patients.
83. State three situations that may require the use of an emergency move.
84. Identify the following patient carrying devices: Wheeled ambulance stretcher, Portable ambulance stretcher, Stair chair, Scoop stretcher, Long spine board, Basket stretcher, Flexible stretcher 
85. Explain the rationale for properly lifting and moving patients.
86. Working with a partner, prepare each of the following devices for use, transfer a patient to the device, properly position the patient on the device, move the device to the ambulance and load the patient into the ambulance: Wheeled ambulance stretcher, Portable ambulance stretcher, Stair chair, Scoop stretcher, Long spine board, Basket stretcher, Flexible stretcher 
87. Working with a partner, the EMT-Basic will demonstrate techniques for the transfer of a patient from an ambulance stretcher to a hospital stretcher.

EMT 1020 - Airway Management Respirations and Artificial Ventilations

1. Name and label the major structures of the respiratory system on a diagram. 
2. List the signs of adequate breathing.
3. List the signs of inadequate breathing.
4. Describe the steps in performing the head-tilt chin-lift.
5. Relate mechanism of injury to opening the airway.
6. Describe the steps in performing the jaw thrust.
7. State the importance of having a suction unit ready for immediate use when providing emergency care.
8. Describe the techniques of suctioning.
9. Describe how to artificially ventilate a patient with a pocket mask.
10. Describe the steps in performing the skill of artificially ventilating a patient with a bag-valve-mask while using the jaw thrust.
11. List the parts of a bag-valve-mask system.
12. Describe the steps in performing the skill of artificially ventilating a patient with a bag-valve-mask for one and two rescuers.
13. Describe the signs of adequate artificial ventilation using the bag-valve-mask.
14. Describe the signs of inadequate artificial ventilation using the bag-valve mask.
15. Describe the steps in artificially ventilating a patient with a flow restricted, oxygen-powered ventilation device.
16. List the steps in performing the actions taken when providing mouth-to-mouth and mouth-to-stoma artificial ventilation.
17. Describe how to measure and insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway.
18. Describe how to measure and insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway. 
19. Define the components of an oxygen delivery system.
20. Identify a nonrebreather face mask and state the oxygen flow requirements needed for its use.
21. Describe the indications for using a nasal cannula versus a nonrebreather face mask.
22. Identify a nasal cannula and state the flow requirements needed for its use.
23. Explain the rationale for basic life support artificial ventilation and airway protective skills taking priority over most other basic life support skills.
24. Explain the rationale for providing adequate oxygenation through high inspired oxygen concentrations to patients who, in the past, may have received low concentrations.
25. Demonstrate the steps in performing the head-tilt chin-lift.
26. Demonstrate the steps in performing the jaw thrust.\
27. Demonstrate the techniques of suctioning.
28. Demonstrate the steps in providing mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation with body substance isolation (barrier shields).
29. Demonstrate how to use a pocket mask to artificially ventilate a patient.
30. Demonstrate the assembly of a bag-valve-mask unit.
31. Demonstrate the steps in performing the skill of artificially ventilating a patient with a bag-valve-mask for one and two rescuers.
32. Demonstrate the steps in performing the skill of artificially ventilating a patient with a bag-valve-mask while using the jaw thrust.
33. Demonstrate artificial ventilation of a patient with a flow restricted, oxygen powered ventilation device.
34. Demonstrate how to artificially ventilate a patient with a stoma.
35. Demonstrate how to insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway.
36. Demonstrate how to insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway.
37. Demonstrate the correct operation of oxygen tanks and regulators.
38. Demonstrate the use of a nonrebreather face mask and state the oxygen flow requirements needed for its use.
39. Demonstrate the use of a nasal cannula and state the flow requirements needed for its use. Demonstrate how to artificially ventilate the infant and child patient.
40. Demonstrate oxygen administration for the infant and child patient.

EMT 1030 - Patient Assessment

1. Recognize hazards/potential hazards.
2. Describe common hazards found at the scene of a trauma and a medical patient. 
3. Determine if the scene is safe to enter.
4. Discuss common mechanisms of injury/nature of illness.
5. Discuss the reason for identifying the total number of patients at the scene.
6. Explain the reason for identifying the need for additional help or assistance.
7. Explain the rationale for crew members to evaluate scene safety prior to entering.
8. Serve as a model for others explaining how patient situations affect your evaluation of mechanism of injury or illness.
9. Observe various scenarios and identify potential hazards.
10. Summarize the reasons for forming a general impression of the patient.
11. Discuss methods of assessing altered mental status.
12. Differentiate between assessing the altered mental status in the adult, child and infant patient.
13. Discuss methods of assessing the airway in the adult, child and infant patient.
14. State reasons for management of the cervical spine once the patient has been determined to be a trauma patient.
15. Describe methods used for assessing if a patient is breathing.
16. State what care should be provided to the adult, child and infant patient with adequate breathing.
17. State what care should be provided to the adult, child and infant patient without adequate breathing.
18. Differentiate between a patient with adequate and inadequate breathing.
19. Distinguish between methods of assessing breathing in the adult, child and infant patient.
20. Compare the methods of providing airway care to the adult, child and infant patient.
21. Describe the methods used to obtain a pulse.
22. Differentiate between obtaining a pulse in an adult, child and infant patient.
23. Discuss the need for assessing the patient for external bleeding.
24. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin color.
25. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin temperature.
26. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin condition.
27. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin capillary refill in the infant and child patient.
28. Explain the reason for prioritizing a patient for care and transport.
29. Explain the importance of forming a general impression.
30. Explain the value of performing an initial assessment.
31. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing mental status.
32. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing the airway.
33. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing if the patient is breathing.
34. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing if the patient has a pulse.
35. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing the patient for external bleeding.
36. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing the patient’s skin color, temperature, condition and capillary refill (infants and children only).
37. Demonstrate the ability to prioritize patients.
38. Discuss the reasons for reconsideration concerning the mechanism of injury.
39. State the reasons for performing a rapid trauma assessment.
40. Recite examples and explain why patients should receive a rapid trauma assessment.
41. Describe the areas included in the rapid trauma assessment and discuss what should be evaluated. Differentiate when the rapid assessment may be altered in order to provide patient care.
42. Discuss the reason for performing a focused history and physical exam.
43. Recognize and respect the feelings that patients might experience during assessment.
44. Demonstrate the rapid trauma assessment that should be used to assess a patient based on mechanism of injury.
45. Describe the unique needs for assessing an individual with a specific chief complaint with no known prior history.
46. Differentiate between the history and physical exam that are performed for responsive patients with no known prior history and responsive patients with a known prior history.
47. Describe the needs for assessing an individual who is unresponsive.
48. Differentiate between the assessment that is performed for a patient who is unresponsive or has an altered mental status and other medical patients requiring assessment.
49. Attend to the feelings that these patients might be experiencing.
50. Demonstrate the patient assessment skills that should be used to assist a patient who is responsive with no known history.
51. Demonstrate the patient assessment skills that should be used to assist a patient who is unresponsive or has an altered metal status.
52. Discuss the components of the detailed physical exam.
53. State the areas of the body that are evaluated during the detailed physical exam.
54. Explain what additional care should be provided while performing the detailed physical exam. 
55. Distinguish between the detailed physical exam that is performed on a trauma patient and that of the medical patient.
56. Explain the rationale for the feelings that these patients might be experiencing.
57. Demonstrate the skills involved in performing the detailed physical exam.
58. Discuss the reasons for repeating the initial assessment as part of the ongoing assessment.
59. Describe the components of the on-going assessment.
60. Describe trending of assessment components.
61. Explain the value of performing an on-going assessment.
62. Recognize and respect the feelings that patients might experience during assessment.
63. Explain the value of trending assessment components to other health professionals who assume care of the patient.
64. Demonstrate the skills involved in performing the on-going assessment.
65. List the proper methods of initiating and terminating a radio call.
66. State the proper sequence for delivery of patient information.
67. Explain the importance of effective communication of patient information in the verbal report.
68. Identify the essential components of the verbal report.
69. Describe the attributes for increasing effectiveness and efficiency of verbal communications.
70. State legal aspects to consider in verbal communication.
71. Discuss the communication skills that should be used to interact with the patient.
72. Discuss the communication skills that should be used to interact with the family, bystanders, individuals from other agencies while providing patient care and the difference between skills used to interact with the patient and those used to interact with others.
73. List the correct radio procedures in the following phases of a typical call: To the scene, At the scene, To the facility, At the facility, To the station, At the station.
74. Explain the rationale for providing efficient and effective radio communications and patient reports.
75. Perform a simulated, organized, concise radio transmission.
76. Perform an organized, concise patient report that would be given to the staff at a receiving facility.
77. Perform a brief, organized report that would be given to an ALS provider arriving at an incident scene at which the EMT-Basic was already providing care.
78. Explain the components of the written report and list the information that should be included in the written report.
79. Identify the various sections of the written report.
80. Describe what information is required in each section of the prehospital care report and how it should be entered.
81. Define the special considerations concerning patient refusal. 
82. Describe the legal implications associated with the written report.
83. Discuss all state and/or local record and reporting requirements.
84. Explain the rationale for the EMS system gathering data.\
85. Explain the rationale for using medical terminology correctly.
86. Explain the rationale for using an accurate and synchronous clock so that information can be used in trending.
87. Complete a prehospital care report.

EMT 1040 - Medical Emergencies

1. Identify which medications will be carried on the unit.
2. State the medications carried on the unit by the generic name. 
3. Identify the medications with which the EMT-Basic may assist the patient with administering
4. State the medications the EMT-Basic can assist the patient with by the generic name.
5. Discuss the forms in which the medications may be found. 
6. Explain the rationale for the administration of medications
7. Demonstrate general steps for assisting patient with self-administration of medications
8. Read the labels and inspect each type of medication
9. List the structure and function of the respiratory system.
10. State the signs and symptoms of a patient with breathing difficulty
11. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with breathing difficulty
12. Recognize the need for medical direction to assist in the emergency medical care of the patient with breathing difficulty
13. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with breathing distress
14. Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with breathing difficulty
15. List signs of adequate air exchange
16. State the generic name, medication forms, dose, administration, action, indications and contraindications for the prescribed inhaler
17. Distinguish between the emergency medical care of the infant, child and adult patient with breathing difficulty
18. Differentiate between upper airway obstruction and lower airway disease in the infant and child patient
19. Describe the structure and function of the cardiovascular system
20. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient experiencing chest pain/discomfort
21. List the indications for automated external defibrillation (AED)
22. List the contraindications for automated external defibrillation
23. Define the role of EMT-B in the emergency cardiac care system
24. Explain the impact of age and weight on defibrillation
25. Discuss the position of comfort for patients with various cardiac emergencies
26. Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with cardiovascular compromise
27. Predict the relationship between the patient experiencing cardiovascular compromise and basic life support
28. Discuss the fundamentals of early defibrillation. 
29. Explain the rationale for early defibrillation
30. Explain that not all chest pain patients result in cardiac arrest and do not need to be attached to an automated external defibrillator
31. Explain the importance of prehospital ACLS intervention if it is available
32. Explain the importance of urgent transport to a facility with Advanced Cardiac Life Support if it is not available in the prehospital setting
33. Discuss the various types of automated external defibrillators
34. Differentiate between the fully automated and the semi-automated defibrillator
35. Discuss the procedures that must be taken into consideration for standard operations of the various types of automated external defibrillators
36. State the reasons for assuring that the patient is pulseless and apneic when using the automated external defibrillator
37. Discuss the circumstances which may result in inappropriate shocks
38. Explain the considerations for interruption of CPR, when using the automated external defibrillator
39. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of automated external defibrillators
40. Summarize the speed of operation of automated external defibrillation
41. Discuss the use of remote defibrillation through adhesive pads
42. Discuss the special considerations for rhythm monitoring
43. List the steps in the operation of the automated external defibrillator
44. Discuss the standard of care that should be used to provide care to a patient with persistent ventricular fibrillation and no available ACLS
45. Discuss the standard of care that should be used to provide care to a patient with recurrent ventricular fibrillation and no available ACLS
46. Differentiate between the single rescuer and multi-rescuer care with an automated external defibrillator
47. Explain the reason for pulses not being checked between shocks with an automated external defibrillator
48. Discuss the importance of coordinating ACLS trained providers with personnel using automated external defibrillators
49. Discuss the importance of post-resuscitation care
50. List the components of post-resuscitation care
51. Explain the importance of frequent practice with the automated external defibrillator
52. Discuss the need to complete the Automated Defibrillator: Operator’s Shift Checklist
53. Discuss the role of the American Heart Association (AHA) in the use of automated external defibrillation
54. Explain the role medical direction plays in the use of automated external defibrillation
55. State the reasons why a case review should be completed following the use of the automated external defibrillator
56. Discuss the components that should be included in a case review
57. Discuss the goal of quality improvement in automated external defibrillation
58. Recognize the need for medical direction of protocols to assist in the emergency medical care of the patient with chest pain
59. List the indications for the use of nitroglycerin
60. State the contraindications and side effects for the use of nitroglycerin
61. Define the function of all controls on an automated external defibrillator, and describe event documentation and battery defibrillator maintenance
62. Defend the reasons for obtaining initial training in automated external defibrillation and the importance of continuing education
63. Defend the reason for maintenance of automated external defibrillators
64. Explain the rationale for administering nitroglycerin to a patient with chest pain or discomfort
65. Demonstrate the assessment and emergency medical care of a patient experiencing chest pain/discomfort
66. Demonstrate the application and operation of the automated external defibrillator
67. Demonstrate the maintenance of an automated external defibrillator
68. Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response to the automated external defibrillator
69. Demonstrate the skills necessary to complete the Automated Defibrillator: Operator’s Shift Checklist.
70. Perform the steps in facilitating the use of nitroglycerin for chest pain or discomfort
71. Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response to nitroglycerin
72. Practice completing a prehospital care report for patients with cardiac emergencies
73. Identify the patient taking diabetic medications with altered mental status and the implications of a diabetes history
74. State the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient taking diabetic medicine with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes
75. Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with altered mental status
76. State the generic and trade names, medication forms, dose, administration, action, and contraindications for oral glucose
77. Evaluate the need for medical direction in the emergency medical care of the diabetic patient
78. Explain the rationale for administering oral glucose
79. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care for the patient taking diabetic medicine with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes
80. Demonstrate the steps in the administration of oral glucose
81. Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response to oral glucose
82. Recognize the patient experiencing an allergic reaction
83. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with an allergic reaction
84. Establish the relationship between the patient with an allergic reaction and airway management Describe the mechanisms of allergic response and the implications for airway management
85. State the generic and trade names, medication forms, dose, administration, action, and contraindications for the epinephrine auto-injector
86. Evaluate the need for medical direction in the emergency medical care of the patient with an allergic reaction
87. Differentiate between the general category of those patients having an allergic reaction and those patients having an allergic reaction and requiring immediate medical care, including immediate use of epinephrine auto-injector
88. Explain the rationale for administering epinephrine using an auto-injector
89. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of the patient experiencing an allergic reaction
90. Demonstrate the use of epinephrine auto-injector
91. Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response to an epinephrine injection
92. Demonstrate proper disposal of equipment
93. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with allergic emergencies
94. List various ways that poisons enter the body
95. List signs/symptoms associated with poisoning
96. Discuss the emergency medical care for the patient with possible overdose
97. Describe the steps in the emergency medical care for the patient with suspected poisoning
98. Establish the relationship between the patient suffering from poisoning or overdose and airway management
99. State the generic and trade names, indications, contraindications, medication form, dose, administration, actions, side effects and re-assessment strategies for activated charcoal
100. Recognize the need for medical direction in caring for the patient with poisoning or overdose
101. Explain the rationale for administering activated charcoal\
102. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care for the patient with possible overdose
103. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care for the patient with suspected poisoning
104. Perform the necessary steps required to provide a patient with activated charcoal
105. Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response.
106. Demonstrate proper disposal of the equipment for the administration of activated charcoal.
107. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with a poisoning/overdose   emergency. Describe the various ways that the body loses heat.
108. List the signs and symptoms of exposure to cold.
109. Explain the steps in providing emergency medical care to a patient exposed to cold.
110. List the signs and symptoms of exposure to heat.
111. Explain the steps in providing emergency care to a patient exposed to heat.
112. Recognize the signs and symptoms of water-related emergencies.
113. Describe the complications of near drowning.
114. Discuss the emergency medical care of bites and stings.
115. Demonstrate the assessment and emergency medical care of a patient with exposure to cold.
116. Demonstrate the assessment and emergency medical care of a patient with exposure to heat.
117. Demonstrate the assessment and emergency medical care of a near drowning patient.
118. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with environmental emergencies.
119. Define behavioral emergencies.
120. Discuss the general factors that may cause an alteration in a patient’s behavior.
121. State the various reasons for psychological crises.
122. Discuss the characteristics of an individual’s behavior which suggests that the patient is at risk for suicide.
123. Discuss special medical/legal considerations for managing behavioral emergencies.
124. Discuss the special considerations for assessing a patient with behavioral problems.
125. Discuss the general principles of an individual’s behavior which suggests that he is at risk for violence.
126. Discuss methods to calm behavioral emergency patients.
127. Explain the rationale for learning how to modify your behavior toward the patient with a behavioral emergency.
128. Demonstrate the assessment and emergency medical care of the patient experiencing a behavioral emergency.
129. Demonstrate various techniques to safely restrain a patient with a behavioral emergency Identify the following structures: Uterus, vagina, fetus, placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic sac, perineum.
130. Identify and explain the use of the contents of an obstetrics kit.
131. Identify pre-delivery emergencies.
132. State indications of an imminent delivery.
133. Differentiate the emergency medical care provided to a patient with pre-delivery emergencies from a normal delivery.
134. State the steps in the pre-delivery preparation of the mother.
135. Establish the relationship between body substance isolation and childbirth.
136. State the steps to assist in the delivery.
137. Describe care of the baby as the head appears.
138. Describe how and when to cut the umbilical cord.
139. Discuss the steps in the delivery of the placenta.
140. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the mother post-delivery
141. Summarize neonatal resuscitation procedures
142. Describe the procedures for the following abnormal deliveries: Breech birth, prolapsed cord, limb presentation
143. Differentiate the special considerations for multiple births
144. Describe special considerations of meconium
145. Describe special considerations of a premature baby
146. Discuss the emergency medical care of a patient with a gynecological emergency
147. Explain the rationale for understanding the implications of treating two patients (mother and baby
148. Demonstrate the steps to assist in the normal cephalic delivery
149. Demonstrate necessary care procedures of the fetus as the head appears
150. Demonstrate infant neonatal procedures
151. Demonstrate post-delivery care of infant
152. Demonstrate how and when to cut the umbilical cord
153. Attend to the steps in the delivery of the placenta
154. Demonstrate the post-delivery care of the mother
155. Demonstrate the procedures for the following abnormal deliveries: vaginal bleeding, breech birth, prolapsed cord, limb presentation
156. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of the mother with excessive bleeding
157. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with obstetrical/gynecological emergencies

EMT 1050 - Trauma Emergencies

1. List the structure and function of the circulatory system
2. Differentiate between arterial, venous and capillary bleeding
3. State methods of emergency medical care of external bleeding
4. Establish the relationship between body substance isolation and bleeding
5. Establish the relationship between airway management and the trauma patient.
6. Establish the relationship between mechanism of injury and internal bleeding
7. List the signs of internal bleeding
8. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with signs and symptoms of internal bleeding
9. List signs and symptoms of shock (hypo perfusion)
10. State the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with signs and symptoms of shock (hypo perfusion).
11. Explain the sense of urgency to transport patients that are bleeding and show
12. signs of shock (hypo perfusion).
13. Demonstrate direct pressure as a method of emergency medical care of external bleeding. 
14. Demonstrate the use of diffuse pressure as a method of emergency medical care of external bleeding
15. Demonstrate the use of pressure points and tourniquets as a method of
16. emergency medical care of external bleeding
17. Demonstrate the care of the patient exhibiting signs and symptoms of internal bleeding
18. Demonstrate the care of the patient exhibiting signs and symptoms of shock (hypo perfusion)
19. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patient with bleeding and/or shock (hypo perfusion)
20. State the major functions of the skin
21. List the layers of the skin.
22. Establish the relationship between body substance isolation (BSI) and
23. soft tissue injuries 
24. List the types of closed soft tissue injuries
25. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with a closed soft tissue injury
26. State the types of open soft tissue injuries
27. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with an open soft tissue injury
28. Discuss the emergency medical care considerations for a patient with a penetrating chest injury
29. State the emergency medical care considerations for a patient with an open wound to the abdomen
30. Differentiate the care of an open wound to the chest from an open wound to the abdomen.
31. List the classifications of burns
32. Define superficial burn
33. List the characteristics of a superficial burn
34. Define partial thickness burn
35. List the characteristics of a partial thickness burn
36. Define full thickness burn
37. List the characteristics of a full thickness burn
38. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with a superficial burn
39. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with a partial thickness burn
40. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with a full thickness burn
41. List the functions of dressing and bandaging
42. Describe the purpose of a bandage
43. Describe the steps in applying a pressure dressing
44. Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with chest injury, burns, blunt and penetrating injuries
45. Describe the effects of improperly applied dressings, splints and tourniquets
46. Describe the emergency medical care of a patient with an impaled object
47. Describe the emergency medical care of a patient with an amputation
48. Describe the emergency care for a chemical burn
49. Describe the emergency care for an electrical burn
50. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of closed soft tissue injuries
51. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of open soft tissue injuries
52. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with an open chest wound
53. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with open abdominal wounds
54. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with an impaled object
55. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with an amputation
56. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of an amputated part
57. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with superficial burns
58. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with partial thickness burns
59. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with full thickness burns
60. Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of a patient with a chemical burn
61. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with soft tissue injuries
62. Describe the function of the muscular system
63. Describe the function of the skeletal system
64. List the major bones or bone groupings of the spinal column; the thorax; the upper extremities; the lower extremities
65. Differentiate between an open and a closed painful, swollen, deformed extremity
66. State the reasons for splinting.
67. List the general rules of splinting
68. List the complications of splinting
69. List the emergency medical care for a patient with a painful, swollen, deformed extremity. 
70. Explain the rationale for splinting at the scene versus load and go
71. Explain the rationale for immobilization of the painful, swollen, deformed extremity
72. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of a patient with a painful, swollen, deformed extremity
73. State the components of the nervous system
74. List the functions of the central nervous system
75. Define the structure of the skeletal system as it relates to the nervous system
76. Relate mechanism of injury to potential injuries of the head and spine
77. Describe the implications of not properly caring for potential spine injuries
78. State the signs and symptoms of a potential spine injury
79. Describe the method of determining if a responsive patient may have a spine injury
80. Relate the airway emergency medical care techniques to the patient with a suspected spine injury
81. Describe how to immobilize a patient using a short spine board
82. Describe the indications for the use of rapid extrication
83. List steps in performing rapid extrication
84. State the circumstances when a helmet should be left on the patient
85. Discuss the circumstances when a helmet should be removed
86. Identify different types of helmets
87. Describe the unique characteristics of sports helmets
88. Explain the preferred methods to remove a helmet
89. Discuss alternative methods for removal of a helmet
90. Describe how the patient’s head is stabilized to remove the helmet
91. Differentiate how the head is stabilized with a helmet compared to without a helmet
92. Explain the rationale for immobilization of the entire spine when a cervical spine injury is suspected
93. Explain the rationale for utilizing immobilization methods apart from the straps on the cots
94. Explain the rationale for utilizing a short spine immobilization device when moving a patient from the sitting to the supine position
95. Explain the rationale for utilizing rapid extrication approaches only when they indeed will make the difference between life and death
96. Defend the reasons for leaving a helmet in place for transport of a patient
97. Defend the reasons for removal of a helmet prior to transport of a patient
98. Demonstrate opening the airway in a patient with suspected spinal cord injury
99. Demonstrate evaluating a responsive patient with a suspected spinal cord injury
100. Demonstrate stabilization of the cervical spine
101. Demonstrate the four person log roll for a patient with a suspected spinal cord injury
102. Demonstrate how to log roll a patient with a suspected spinal cord injury using two people
103. Demonstrate securing a patient to a long spine board
104. Demonstrate using the short board immobilization technique
105. Demonstrate procedure for rapid extrication
106. Demonstrate preferred methods for stabilization of a helmet. 
107. Demonstrate helmet removal techniques
108. Demonstrate alternative methods for stabilization of a helmet
109. Demonstrate completing a prehospital care report for patients with head and spinal injures
110. Describe how to stabilize the cervical spine
111. Discuss indications for sizing and using a cervical spine immobilization Device
112. Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with head and spine injuries
113. Describe a method for sizing a cervical spine immobilization device
114. Describe how to log roll a patient with a suspected spine injury
115. Describe how to secure a patient to a long spine board
116. List instances when a short spine board should be used

EMT 1060 - Special Populations I

1. Identify the developmental considerations for the following age groups: Infants, Toddlers, pre-school, school age, adolescent
2. Describe differences in anatomy and physiology of the infant, child and adult patient.
3. Differentiate the response of the ill or injured infant or child (age specific) from that of an adult.
4. Indicate various causes of respiratory emergencies.
5. Differentiate between respiratory distress and respiratory failure.
6. List the steps in the management of foreign body airway obstruction
7. Summarize emergency medical care strategies for respiratory distress and respiratory failure
8. Identify the signs and symptoms of shock (hypo perfusion) in the infant and child patient
9. Describe the methods of determining end organ perfusion in the infant and child patient
10. State the usual cause of cardiac arrest in infants and children versus adults
11. List the common causes of seizures in the infant and child patient
12. Describe the management of seizures in the infant and child patient
13. Differentiate between the injury patterns in adults, infants, and children
14. Discuss the field management of the infant and child trauma patient.
15. Summarize the indicators of possible child abuse and neglect.
16. Describe the medical legal responsibilities in suspected child abuse.
17. Recognize need for EMT-Basic debriefing following a difficult infant or child transport.
18. Explain the rationale for having knowledge and skills appropriate for dealing with the infant and child patient.
19. Attend to the feelings of the family when dealing with an ill or injured infant or child.
20. Understand the provider’s own response (emotional) to caring for infants or children.
21. Demonstrate the techniques of foreign body airway obstruction removal in the infant
22. Demonstrate the techniques of foreign body airway obstruction removal in the child
23. Demonstrate the assessment of the infant and child.
24. Demonstrate bag-valve-mask artificial ventilations for the infant.
25. Demonstrate bag-valve-mask artificial ventilations for the child.
26. Demonstrate oxygen delivery for the infant and child.

EMT 1070 - EMS Operations

1. Discuss the medical and non-medical equipment needed to respond to a call.
2. List the phases of an ambulance call.
3. Describe the general provisions of state laws relating to the operation of the ambulance and privileges in any or all of the following categories: Speed, Warning lights, Sirens, Right-of-way, Parking, Turning 
4. List contributing factors to unsafe driving conditions.
5. Describe the considerations that should by given to: 
6. Request for escorts, Following an escort vehicle, Intersections
7. Discuss “Due Regard For Safety of All Others” while operating an emergency vehicle
8. State what information is essential in order to respond to a call. 
9. Discuss various situations that may affect response to a call
10. Differentiate between the various methods of moving a patient to the unit based upon injury or illness
11. Apply the components of the essential patient information in a written report
12. Summarize the importance of preparing the unit for the next response
13. Identify what is essential for completion of a call
14. Distinguish among the terms cleaning, disinfection, high-level disinfection, and sterilization.
15. Describe how to clean or disinfect items following patient care.
16. Explain the rationale for appropriate report of patient information.
17. Explain the rationale for having the unit prepared to respond.
18. Describe the purpose of extrication
19. Discuss the role of the EMT-Basic in extrication
20. Identify what equipment for personal safety is required for the EMT-Basic
21. Define the fundamental components of extrication
22. State the steps that should be taken to protect the patient during extrication
23. Evaluate various methods of gaining access to the patient.
24. Distinguish between simple and complex access
25. Explain the EMT-Basic’s role during a call involving hazardous materials.
26. Describe what the EMT-Basic should do if there is reason to believe that there is a hazard at the scene
27. Describe the actions that an EMT-Basic should take to ensure bystander safety
28. State the role the EMT-Basic should perform until appropriately trained personnel arrive at the scene of a hazardous materials situation
29. Break down the steps to approaching a hazardous situation.
30. Discuss the various environmental hazards that affect EMS.
31. Describe the criteria for a multiple-casualty situation
32. Evaluate the role of the EMT-Basic in the multiple-casualty situation.
33. Summarize the components of basic triage
34. Define the role of the EMT-Basic in a disaster operation
35. Describe basic concepts of incident management
36. Explain the methods for preventing contamination of self, equipment and Facilities
37. Review the local mass casualty incident plan

EMT 1080 - Clinical I

1. Mouth-To-Mask with Supplemental Oxygen
2. Airway Maintenance
3. Oropharyngeal Airway
4. Suction
5. Nasopharyngeal Airway
6. Oxygen Administration
7. Cardiac Arrest Management/AED
8. Patient Assessment/Management Medical
9. Epinephrine Auto-Injector
10. Patient Assessment/Management Trauma
11. Bleeding Control/Shock Management
12. Immobilization Skills/Long Bone
13. Immobilization Skills/Joint Injury
14. Immobilization Skills/Traction Splinting
15.  Spinal Immobilization/Lying Patient
16. Spinal Immobilization/Seated Patient
17. Ventilatory Management-Endotracheal Intubation
18. Ventilatory Management-Dual Lumen Airway Device (Ptl Or Combi-Tube) Insertion Following An Unsuccessful Endotracheal Intubation Attempt
19. Ventilatory Management-Esophageal Obturator Airway Insertion Following An Unsuccessful Endotracheal Intubation Attempt

EMT 2010 - Prep for Advanced EMT Practice

1. Define EMS systems. 
2. Discuss the four levels of EMS training and licensure. 
3. Describe AEMT licensure criteria and understand that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employment as an AEMT. 
4. Discuss the historic background of the development of the EMS system. 
5. Describe the levels of EMS training in terms of skill sets needed for each of the following: EMR, EMT, AEMT, and paramedic. 
6. Discuss the possible presence of other first responders at a scene who may have EMR training, some knowledge of first aid, or merely good intentions, and discuss their need for direction. 
7. Describe the components of the EMS system. 
8. Understand how medical direction of an EMS system works and the AEMT’s role in the process. 
9. Discuss the purpose of the EMS continuous quality improvement (CQI) process. 
10. Characterize the EMS system’s role in prevention and public education in the community. 
11. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the AEMT. 
12. Describe the attributes that an AEMT is expected to possess. 
13. Understand the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on patient privacy. 
14. State the steps that contribute to wellness and their importance in managing stress. 
15. Define infectious disease and communicable disease. 
16. Describe the routes of disease transmission. 
17. Describe the routes of transmission and the steps to prevent and/or deal with an exposure to hepatitis, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. 
18. Know the standard precautions used in treating patients to prevent infection. 
19. Describe the steps to take for personal protection from airborne and bloodborne pathogens. 
20. Explain proper handwashing techniques.
21. List the ways immunity to infectious diseases is acquired. 
22. Explain postexposure management of exposure to patient blood or body fluids, including completing a postexposure report. 
23. Describe the steps necessary to determine scene safety and to prevent work-related injuries at the scene. 
24. Describe the different types of protective clothing worn to prevent injury. 
25. Explain the care of critically ill and injured patients. 
26. Describe issues concerning care of the dying patient, death, and the grieving process of family members. 
27. Know the physiologic, physical, and psychological responses to stress. 
28. Describe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and steps that can be taken, including critical incident stress management, to decrease the likelihood that PTSD will develop. 
29. Identify the emotional aspects of emergency care. 
30. Recognize the stress inherent in many situations, such as mass-casualty scenes. 
31. Recognize the possibility of violent situations and the steps to take to deal with them. 
32. Describe how to handle behavioral emergencies. 
33. Discuss workplace issues such as cultural diversity, sexual harassment, and substance abuse. 
34. Define consent and how it relates to decision making. 
35. Compare expressed consent, implied consent, and involuntary consent. 
36. Discuss consent by minors for treatment or transport. 
37. Describe local EMS system protocols for using forcible restraint. 
38. Discuss the EMT’s role and obligations if a patient refuses treatment or transport. 
39. Describe the relationship between patient communications, confidentiality, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 
40. Discuss the importance of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders and local protocols as they relate to the EMS environment. 
41. Describe the physical, presumptive, and definitive signs of death. 
42. Explain how to manage patients who are identified as organ donors. 
43. Recognize the importance of medical identification devices in treating the patient. 
44. Discuss the scope of practice and standards of care. 
45. Describe the EMT’s legal duty to act. 
46. Discuss the issues of negligence, abandonment, assault and battery, and kidnapping and their implications for the EMT. 
47. Explain the reporting requirements for special situations, including abuse, drug- or felony-related injuries, childbirth, and crime scenes. 
48. Define ethics and morality, and discuss their implications for the EMT. 
49. Describe the roles and responsibilities of the EMT in court. 
50. Describe the factors and strategies to consider for therapeutic communication with patients. 
51. Discuss the techniques of effective verbal communication. 
52. Explain the skills that should be used to communicate with family members, bystanders, people from other agencies, and hospital personnel. 
53. Discuss special considerations in communicating with older people, children, patients who are hard of hearing, visually impaired patients, and non-English-speaking patients. 
54. Describe the use of written communications and documentation. 
55. State the purpose of a patient care report (PCR) and the information required to complete it. 
56. Explain the legal implications of the PCR. 
57. Describe how to document refusal of care, including the legal implications. 
58. Discuss state and/or local special reporting requirements, such as for gunshot wounds, dog bites, and abuse. 
59. Describe the basic principles of the various types of communications equipment used in EMS. 
60. Describe the use of radio communications, including the proper methods of initiating and terminating a radio call. 
61. List the correct radio procedures in the following phases of a typical call: initial receipt of call, en-route to call, on scene, arrival at hospital (or point of transfer), and return to service. 
62. List the proper sequence of information to communicate in radio delivery of a patient report.
63. Demonstrate how to properly remove gloves. 
64. Demonstrate the steps necessary to manage a potential exposure situation. 
65. Demonstrate the techniques of successful cross-cultural communication. 
66. Demonstrate completion of a PCR. 

EMT 2020 - Human Development Health and Disease

In addition they will have a fundamental understanding of the physiological and psychosocial differences of each phase of human development. The students will be able to discuss adaptations and strategies that they might apply to better assess and manage patients. Students will learn the associated signs and symptoms and emergency treatment of drowning; diving emergencies; high-altitude sickness; lighting strikes; and bites and envenomations from spiders, hymenoptera (eg, bees, yellow jackets, wasps, and ants), snakes, scorpions, ticks, and marine life.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

1. Understand the body’s topographic anatomy, including the anatomic position and the planes of the body.
2. Explain the following directional terms: anterior (ventral), posterior (dorsal), right, left, superior, inferior, proximal, distal, medial, lateral, superficial, and deep.
3. Describe the prone, supine, Fowler’s, Trendelenburg’s, and shock positions of the body.
4. Identify the anatomy and describe the physiology of the musculoskeletal system.
5. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system.
6. Describe the process of gas exchange in the alveoli.
7. Discuss the concepts of respiration and ventilation.
8. Explain the brainstem’s role in regulating respiration.
9. Describe the concept of hypoxic drive.
10. Explain how the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and the blood’s pH relate to ventilation.
11. Discuss the concepts of afterload, stroke volume, and cardiac output.
12. Discuss Starling’s law of the heart.
13. Discuss cell transport mechanisms, including diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis.
14. Explain the concept of fluid balance, as well as the purpose and mechanisms for maintaining homeostasis.
15. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system.
16. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
17. Describe the anatomy and the physiology of the integumentary system.
18. Explain the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system.
19. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system.
20. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the urinary system.
21. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the genital system.
22. Describe the life-support chain, aerobic metabolism, and anaerobic metabolism.
23. Define pathophysiology, including the concepts of respiratory compromise and shock.
24. Understand the terms used to designate the following age groups: infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents (teenagers), early adults, middle adults, and late adults.
25. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of an infant’s life.
26. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of a toddler’s and preschooler’s life.
27. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of a school-age child’s life.
28. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of an adolescent’s life.
29. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of an early adult’s life.
30. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of a middle adult’s life.
31. Describe the major physiologic and psychosocial characteristics of a late adult’s life.
32. Describe four factors that affect how a person deals with exposure to a cold or hot environment and how each one relates to emergency medical care.
33. Explain the five different ways a body can lose heat and ways the rate and amount of heat loss or gain can be modified in an emergency situation.
34. Define and discuss hypothermia, including the signs and symptoms of its four different stages and the risk factors for developing it.
35. Explain local cold injuries and their underlying causes.
36. Describe the process of providing emergency care to a patient who has sustained a cold injury, including assessment of the patient, review of signs and symptoms, and management of care.
37. Explain the importance of following regional and state protocols when rewarming a patient who is experiencing moderate or severe hypothermia.
38. Describe the three forms of illness that are caused by heat exposure, including their signs and symptoms, and give examples of persons who are at the greatest risk of developing one of them.
39. Describe the process of providing emergency care to a patient who has sustained a heat injury, including assessment of the patient, review of signs and symptoms, and management of care.
40. Define drowning and discuss its incidence, risk factors, and prevention.
41. List the basic rules of performing a water rescue and discuss why rescue personnel should have a prearranged water rescue plan based on the environment in which they work.
42. List five conditions that may result in a spinal injury following a submersion incident and the steps for stabilizing a patient with a suspected spinal injury in the water.
43. Discuss recovery techniques and resuscitation efforts AEMTs may need to follow when managing a patient who has been involved in a submersion incident.
44. Describe the three different types of diving emergencies, how they may occur, and their signs and symptoms.
45. Describe the process of providing emergency care to a patient who has been involved in a drowning or diving emergency, including assessment of the patient, review of signs and symptoms, and management of care.
46. Discuss the types of dysbarism injuries that may be caused by high altitudes, including their signs and symptoms and emergency medical treatment in the field.
47. Discuss lightning injuries, including their incidence, risk factors, assessment, and emergency medical treatment.
48. Identify the species of spiders found in the United States that may cause life-threatening injuries, and then describe the process of providing emergency care to patients who have been bitten by each type.
49. Discuss the emergency medical care of patients who have been stung by hymenoptera and scorpions, and bitten by ticks, including steps the AEMT should follow if a patient develops a severe reaction to the sting or bite.
50. Identify the species of snakes found in the United States that are venomous, and then describe the process of providing emergency care to patients who have been bitten by each type and are showing signs of envenomation. 
51. Discuss the emergency medical care of patients who have been stung by a coelenterate or other marine animal.
52. Demonstrate the emergency medical treatment of local cold injuries in the field.
53. Demonstrate using a warm-water bath to rewarm the limb of a patient who has sustained a local cold injury.
54. Demonstrate how to treat a patient with heat cramps.
55. Demonstrate how to treat a patient with heat exhaustion.
56. Demonstrate how to treat a patient with heatstroke.
57. Demonstrate how to stabilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury in the water.
58. Demonstrate how to care for a patient who is suspected of having an air embolism or decompression sickness following a drowning or diving emergency.
59. Demonstrate how to care for a patient who has been bitten by a pit viper and is showing signs of envenomation.
60. Demonstrate how to care for a patient who has been bitten by a coral snake and is showing signs of envenomation.  Demonstrate how to care for a patient who has sustained a coelenterate envenomation.

EMT 2030 - Pharmacology

1. Discuss important drug terminology, including intended effects, unintended effects, untoward effects, indications, and contraindications. 
2. Discuss the differences between generic, trade, chemical, and official medication names, and provide an example of each. 
3. Discuss the US laws and regulations that relate to medication manufacturing and distribution.
4. List the five schedules of drugs with the highest abuse potential per the Controlled Substances Act.
5. Discuss the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process, including FDA drug classifications. 
6. Describe the medication administration considerations that must be applied to special populations, including pediatric, geriatric, and pregnant patients. 
7. Discuss legal, moral, and ethical considerations related to drug administration. 
8. Describe the roles and functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. 
9. Discuss the concept of receptor sites, including adrenergic receptors, and how medications may take advantage of these. 
10. Discuss the concepts of agonists and antagonists as they relate to medications. 
11. List the types of drugs that affect the sympathetic nervous system, including sympathomimetics and sympatholytics, and describe how they create their effects. 
12. List the types of drugs that affect the parasympathetic nervous system, including parasympathomimetics and parasympatholytics, and describe how they create their effects.
13. Discuss the effects of opioid agonists, opioid antagonists, and opioid agonist-antagonists. 
14. Discuss types of sedative-hypnotics, including benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and nonbarbiturate hypnotics. 
15. Discuss CNS stimulants and depressants. 
16. Discuss drugs that affect the cardiac system, including cardiac glycosides, antiarrhythmics, and antihypertensive medications, and describe how they exert their effects. 
17. Describe drugs that affect the respiratory system, including oxygen, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, bronchodilators, and xanthines. 
18. Explain the solid, liquid, and gas forms of medication, provide examples of each, and discuss how the form of a medication dictates its route of administration. 
19. Describe the enteral and parenteral routes of medication administration and explain how they differ. 
20. Describe the following routes of medication administration and discuss their individual rates of absorption: oral, intravenous, intraosseous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, sublingual, intranasal, and inhalation. 
21. Define the term pharmacokinetics and describe the stages a medication goes through while being processed in the body. 
22. Explain the term mechanism of action. 
23. Define the term pharmacodynamics, and describe the types of predictable and unpredictable responses a drug may create. 
24. Discuss the concepts of serum sickness, idiosyncratic reaction, cumulative effect, summation, potentiation, drug dependence, and drug interaction. 
25. Describe the proper storage for drugs and security concerns. 
26. Give the generic and trade names, actions, indications, contraindications, routes of administration, side effects, interactions, and doses of 10 medications and 3 intravenous fluids that may be administered by an AEMT in an emergency as dictated by state protocols and local medical direction.
27. Explain the “six rights” of medication administration and describe how each one relates to EMS. 
28. Describe the role of medical direction in medication administration, and explain the difference between direct orders (online) and standing orders (off-line). 
29. Explain why determining a patient’s prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications is a critical aspect of patient assessment. 
30. Discuss the circumstances surrounding the administration of medication. 
31. Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and techniques for performing intravenous (IV) therapy. 
32. Describe complications that can occur as a result of IV therapy. 
33. Describe special considerations when performing IV therapy on a pediatric or geriatric patient. 
34. Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and techniques for establishing an intraosseous (IO) IV. 
35. Discuss the weights and measures used when administering medication. 
36. Explain principles of drug dose calculations, including desired dose, concentration on hand, volume on hand, volume to administer, and IV drip rate. 
37. Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and techniques for administering the following:
38. An oral medication 
39. A subcutaneous medication 
40. An intramuscular medication 
41. A sublingual medication 
42. An intranasal medication 
43. An inhaled medication 
44. A medication via the IV route 
45. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system and its main function in the body. 
46. Define and explain the terms diabetes, low blood glucose, and high blood glucose, and distinguish between the two types of diabetes and how their onset patterns differ. 
47. Discuss the role of glucose as a major source of energy for the body and its relationship to insuli
48. Describe the differences and similarities between hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic diabetic emergencies, including their onset, signs and symptoms, and management considerations.
49. Explain some age-related considerations when managing a pediatric patient who is experiencing a hypoglycemic crisis. 
50. Discuss the steps the AEMT should follow when conducting a primary and secondary assessment of a patient with an altered mental status who is a suspected diabetic patient. 
51. Explain the process for assessing and managing the airway of a patient with an altered mental status, including ways to differentiate a hyperglycemic patient from a hypoglycemic patient.
52. Describe the interventions for providing emergency medical care to both a responsive and unresponsive patient with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes who is having a hypoglycemic crisis.
53. Describe the interventions for providing emergency medical care to both a responsive and unresponsive patient with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes who is having a hyperglycemic crisis. 
54. Explain when it is appropriate to obtain medical direction when providing emergency medical care to a diabetic patient. 
55. Provide the generic and trade names, form, dose, administration, indications, and contraindications for giving oral glucose to a patient with a decreased level of consciousness who has a history of diabetes. 
56. Provide the generic and trade names, form, dose, administration, indications, and contraindications for administering 50% dextrose to a patient with hypoglycemia. 
57. Provide the generic and trade names, form, dose, administration, indications, and contraindications for administering glucagon to a patient with hypoglycemia. 
58. Explain some age-related considerations when managing a geriatric patient who has undiagnosed diabetes. 
59. Discuss the composition and functions of blood. 
60. Describe the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease and the four main types of sickle cell crises. 
61. Describe the assessment and management of a patient with suspected sickle cell disease.
62. Describe two types of blood clotting disorders and the risk factors, characteristics, and management of each. 
63. Demonstrate the assessment and care of a patient with hypoglycemia and a decreased level of consciousness. 
64. Demonstrate how to administer glucose to a patient with an altered mental status. 
65. Demonstrate how to administer 50% dextrose to a patient with hypoglycemia.
66. Demonstrate how to administer glucagons to a patient with hypoglycemia. 
67. Demonstrate the assessment and care of a patient with sickle cell crisis. 
68. Demonstrate the assessment and care of a patient with a blood clotting disorder. 
    1. Demonstrate the process an AEMT should follow when following the six rights of medication administration. 
    2. Demonstrate how to perform IV therapy.
    3. Demonstrate how to gain IO access. 
    4. Demonstrate how to administer oral medication to a patient.
    5. Demonstrate how to draw medication from an ampule.
69. Demonstrate how to draw medication from a vial. 
70. Demonstrate how to administer a subcutaneous medication to a patient.
71. Demonstrate how to administer an intramuscular medication to a patient.
72. Demonstrate how to administer a sublingual medication to a patient.
73. Demonstrate how to administer an intranasal medication to a patient. 
74. Demonstrate how to administer a medication via inhalation to a patient. 
75. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with a metered-dose inhaler (MDI).
76. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with a small-volume nebulizer.
77. Demonstrate how to administer nitrous oxide to a patient for pain. 
78. Demonstrate how to administer a medication via the IV bolus route.
    6. Obtaining Intraosseous Access in an Adult
    7. Administering Medication Via the Intraosseous Route
    8. Drawing Blood

EMT 2040 - Assessment & Init Assessment

1. Identify the components of the patient assessment process and explain how the different causes and presentations of emergencies will affect how each step is performed by the AEMT.
2. Discuss some of the possible environmental, chemical, and biologic hazards that may be present at an emergency scene, ways to recognize them, and precautions to protect personal safety.
3. Discuss the steps AEMTs should take to survey a scene for signs of violence and protect themselves and bystanders from real or potential danger.
4. Describe how to determine the mechanism of injury (MOI) or nature of illness (NOI) at an emergency and the importance of differentiating trauma patients from medical patients.
5. List the minimum standard precautions that should be followed and personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be worn at an emergency scene, including examples of when additional precautions would be appropriate.
6. Explain why it is important for AEMTs to identify the total number of patients at an emergency scene and how this evaluation relates to determining the need for additional or specialized resources, implementation of the incident command system (ICS), and triage.
7. Describe the principal goals of the primary assessment process: to identify and treat life threats and to determine if immediate transport is required.
8. Explain the process of forming a general impression of a patient as part of primary assessment and the reasons why this step is critical to patient management.
9. Explain the importance of assessing a patient’s level of consciousness (LOC) to determine altered mental status, and give examples of different methods used to assess alertness, responsiveness, and orientation.
10. Describe the assessment of airway status in patients who are both responsive and unresponsive, and give examples of possible signs and causes of airway obstruction in each case as well as the appropriate AEMT response.
11. Describe the assessment of a patient’s breathing status, including the key information the AEMT must obtain during this process and the care required for patients who have both adequate and inadequate breathing.
12. List the signs of respiratory distress and respiratory failure.
13. Describe the assessment of a patient’s circulatory status, including the different methods for obtaining a pulse and appropriate management depending on the patient’s status.
14. Explain the variations required to obtain a pulse in infant and child patients as compared with adult patients.
15. Describe the assessment of a patient’s skin color, temperature, and condition, providing examples of both normal and abnormal findings and the information this provides related to the patient’s status.
16. Discuss the process of assessing for and methods for controlling external bleeding.
17. Discuss the steps used to identify and subsequently treat life-threatening conditions that endanger a patient during an emergency.
18. List the steps the AEMT should follow during the rapid scan of a trauma patient, including examples of abnormal signs and appropriate related actions.
19. Explain the process for determining the priority of patient care and transport at an emergency scene, and give examples of conditions that necessitate immediate transport.
20. Discuss the importance of protecting a trauma patient’s spine and identifying fractured extremities during patient packaging for transport.
21. Discuss the process of taking a focused history, its key components, and its relationship to the primary assessment process.
22. Describe examples of different techniques an AEMT may use to obtain information from patients during the history-taking process.
23. Discuss different challenges an AEMT may face when taking a patient history on sensitive topics and strategies an AEMT may use to facilitate each situation.
24. Explain the purpose of performing a physical examination during secondary assessment, its components, special patient considerations, and methods for determining which aspects of the physical examination will be used.
25. Describe types of lung sounds that may be heard during auscultation.
26. Describe the purpose of a full-body scan, and list the steps used during this process.
27. Explain situations in which patients may receive a focused assessment and then give examples by body system of what each focused assessment should include based on a patient’s chief complaint.
28. List normal blood pressure ranges for adults, children, and infants.
29. Explain the importance of performing a reassessment of the patient and the steps in this process.
30. Explain the elements of basic life support (BLS), how it differs from advanced life support (ALS), and the urgency surrounding its rapid application.
31. Explain the goals of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and when it should be performed on a patient.
32. Explain the system components of CPR, the five links in the American Heart Association chain of survival, and how each one relates to maximizing the survival of a patient.
33. Discuss guidelines for circumstances that require the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) on both adult and pediatric patients experiencing cardiac arrest.
34. Explain three special situations related to the use of automated external defibrillation.
35. Describe the proper way to position an adult patient to receive basic life support.
36. Describe the purpose of external chest compressions.
37. Describe the two techniques an AEMT may use to open an adult patient’s airway and the circumstances that would determine when each technique would be used.
38. Describe the recovery position and circumstances that would warrant its use as well as situations in which it would be contraindicated.
39. Describe the process of providing artificial ventilations to an adult patient using a barrier device, ways to avoid gastric distention, and modifications required for a patient with a stoma.
40. Explain the steps in providing one-rescuer adult CPR.
41. Explain the steps in providing two-rescuer adult CPR, including the method for switching positions during the process.
42. Describe the different mechanical devices that are available to assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.
43. Describe the different possible causes of cardiopulmonary arrest in children.
44. Explain the four steps of pediatric BLS procedures and how they differ from procedures used in an adult patient
45. Describe the ethical issues related to patient resuscitation, providing examples of when not to start CPR on a patient.
46. Explain the various factors involved in the decision to stop CPR once it has been started on a patient.
47. Explain common causes of foreign body airway obstruction in both children and adults and how to distinguish mild or partial airway obstruction from complete airway obstruction.
48. Describe the different methods for removing a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant, child, and adult, including the procedure for a patient with an obstruction who becomes unresponsive.
49. Describe the nine phases of an ambulance call and provide examples of key tasks the AEMT performs during each phase.
50. Describe the medical equipment carried on an ambulance and provide examples of supplies that are included in each main category of the ambulance equipment checklist.
51. Provide examples of the safety and operations equipment carried on an ambulance, and explain how each item might be used in an emergency by AEMTs.
52. Discuss the importance of performing regular vehicle inspections and list the specific parts of an ambulance that should be inspected daily.
53. Describe the minimum dispatch information required by EMS to respond to an emergency call.
54. Provide examples of some high-risk situations and hazards that may affect the safety of the ambulance and its passengers during both pretransport and transport.
55. Discuss specific considerations that are required for ensuring scene safety, including personal safety, patient safety, and traffic control.
56. Describe the key elements related to patient information that must be included in the written patient report upon patient delivery to the hospital.
57. Summarize the tasks that must be completed by EMS at the completion of an ambulance call.
58. Define the terms cleaning, disinfection, high-level disinfection, and sterilization and explain how they differ.
59. Discuss the guidelines for driving an ambulance safely and defensively and identify key steps EMS personnel can take to improve safety while en route to the scene, the hospital, and the station.
60. Describe the elements that dictate the use of lights and siren to the scene and to the hospital and the factors required to perform a risk-benefit analysis regarding their use.
61. Give examples of the specific, limited privileges that are provided to emergency vehicle drivers by most state laws and regulations.
62. Explain why using police escorts and crossing intersections pose additional risks to EMS personnel during transport and discuss special considerations related to each.
63. Describe the capabilities, protocols, and methods for accessing air ambulances.
64. Describe key scene safety considerations when preparing for a helicopter medivac, including establishing a landing zone, securing loose objects, mitigating onsite hazards, and approaching the aircraft.
65. Describe the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and its major components.
66. Describe the purpose of the incident command system (ICS) and its organizational structure, and explain the role of EMS response within it.
67. Describe how the ICS assists the EMS in ensuring both personal safety and the safety of bystanders, health care professionals, and patients during an emergency.
68. Describe the role of the AEMT in establishing command under the ICS.
69. Explain the purpose of medical incident command within the incident management system, and describe its organizational structure within ICS.
70. Describe the specific conditions that would define a situation as a mass-casualty incident (MCI), and give some examples.
71. Describe what occurs during primary and secondary triage, how the four triage categories are assigned to patients on the scene, and how destination decisions regarding triaged patients are made.
72. Describe how the START and JumpSTART triage methods are performed.
73. Explain how a disaster differs from a mass-casualty incident and describe the role of the AEMT during a disaster operation.
74. Recognize the entry-level training or experience requirements identified by the HAZWOPER regulation for an AEMT to respond to a HazMat incident.
75. Define the term hazardous material, including the classification system used by the NFPA, and discuss the specific types of information and resources an AEMT can use to recognize a HazMat incident.
76. List the different reference materials that may assist personnel who respond to a HazMat incident.
77. Explain the role of the AEMT during a hazardous materials incident both before and after the HazMat team arrives, including precautions required to ensure the safety of civilians and public service personnel.
78. Explain how the three control zones are established at a HazMat incident and discuss the characteristics of each zone, including the personnel who work within each one.
79. Describe patient care at a HazMat incident and explain special requirements that are necessary for those patients who require immediate treatment and transport prior to full decontamination.
80. Describe the four levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) that may be required at a HazMat incident to protect personnel from injury by or contamination from a particular substance.
81. Describe the major structures of the respiratory system.
82. Discuss the physiology of breathing.
83. Discuss the four forms of acid/base imbalance: respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, and metabolic alkalosis.
84. Give the signs of adequate breathing.
85. Give the signs of inadequate breathing.
86. Describe the assessment and care of a patient with apnea.
87. Understand how to assess for adequate and inadequate respiration, including the use of pulse oximetry.
88. Understand how to assess for a patent airway.
89. Describe how to perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
90. Describe how to perform the jaw-thrust maneuver.
91. Explain how to measure and insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway.
92. Describe how to measure and insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway.
93. Understand the importance and techniques of suctioning.
94. Explain the AEMT’s role in performing tracheobronchial suctioning.
95. Explain the use of the recovery position to maintain a clear airway.
96. Describe the importance of giving supplemental oxygen to patients who are hypoxic.
97. Understand the basics of how oxygen is stored and the various hazards associated with its use.
98. Describe the use of a nonrebreathing mask, and state the oxygen flow requirements for its use.
99. Understand the indications for using a nasal cannula rather than a nonrebreathing face mask.
100. Describe the indications for use of a humidifier during supplemental oxygen therapy.
101. Explain the steps to take to perform mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-mask ventilation.
102. Describe the use of a one-, two-, or three-person bag-mask device and a manually triggered ventilation (MTV) device.
103. Describe the signs associated with adequate and inadequate artificial ventilation.
104. Describe the indications, contradictions, and complications of use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
105. Discuss blind insertion airway devices, including how they work, their indications, contraindications, and complications, and the procedure for inserting them.
106. Understand how to recognize and care for a foreign body airway obstruction.
107. Demonstrate use of pulse oximetry.
108. Demonstrate how to position the unresponsive patient.
109. Demonstrate the steps in performing the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.
110. Demonstrate the steps in performing the jaw-thrust maneuver.
111. Demonstrate the steps in performing the tongue-jaw lift maneuver.
112. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.
113. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway.
114. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway with a 90° rotation.
115. Demonstrate the insertion of a nasal airway.
116. Demonstrate how to operate a suction unit.
117. Demonstrate how to suction a patient’s airway.
118. Demonstrate how to perform tracheobronchial suctioning.
119. Demonstrate how to place an oxygen cylinder into service.
120. Demonstrate the use of a partial rebreathing mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.
121. Demonstrate the use of a Venturi mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.
122. Demonstrate the use of a humidifier in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.
123. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with ventilations using the bag-mask device for one and two rescuers.
124. Demonstrate mouth-to-mask ventilation.
125. Demonstrate the use of a manually triggered ventilation device to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.
126. Demonstrate the use of an automatic transport ventilator to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.
127. Demonstrate the use of CPAP.
128. Demonstrate insertion of the Combitube.
129. Demonstrate insertion of the King LT airway.
130. Demonstrate insertion of the laryngeal mask airway.
131. Demonstrate insertion of the Cobra perilaryngeal airway.
132. Demonstrate how to use the AVPU scale to test for patient responsiveness.
133. Demonstrate how to evaluate a patient’s orientation and document his or her status correctly.
134. Demonstrate how to test pupil reaction in response to light in a patient and how to document his or her status correctly.
135. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing a patient’s airway, and correctly obtain information related to respiratory rate, rhythm, quality/character of breathing, and depth of breathing.
136. Demonstrate how to assess a radial pulse in a responsive patient and an unresponsive patient.
137. Demonstrate how to assess a carotid pulse in an unresponsive patient.
138. Demonstrate how to palpate a brachial pulse in a child who is younger than 1 year (or a manikin).
139. Demonstrate how to obtain a pulse rate in a patient.
140. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an adult or child older than 6 years.
141. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an infant or child younger than 6 years; explain variations that would be required when assessing a newborn.
142. Demonstrate how to perform a rapid scan of a patient.
143. Demonstrate the technique for auscultating lung sounds.
144. Demonstrate the use of a pulse oximetry device to evaluate the effectiveness of oxygenation in the patient.
145. Demonstrate the use of electronic devices to assist in determining the patient’s blood pressure in the field.
146. Demonstrate the use of an end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring device to assist in determining the patient’s concentration of expired carbon dioxide in the field.
147. Demonstrate the use of a blood glucose monitoring device to determine a patient’s blood glucose level.
148. Demonstrate how to perform a full-body scan.
149. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by auscultation.
150. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by palpation.
151. Demonstrate how to reposition an unresponsive adult.
152. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions in an adult.
153. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on an adult patient.
154. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on an adult patient.
155. Demonstrate how to assess for signs of breathing on a patient.
156. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.
157. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing in an adult with a simple barrier device.
158. Demonstrate how to check for a pulse at the carotid artery in an unresponsive patient.
159. Demonstrate how to perform one-rescuer adult CPR.
160. Demonstrate how to perform two-rescuer adult CPR.
161. Demonstrate the use of mechanical devices that assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.
162. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on a pediatric patient.
163. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on a pediatric patient.
164. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on a child.
165. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions on an infant.
166. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on an infant.
167. Demonstrate how to perform CPR in a child who is between 1 year of age and the onset of puberty.
168. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive adult patient using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)
169. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive pregnant or obese patient using chest thrusts.
170. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive child older than 1 year using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver).
171. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an unresponsive child.
172. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant.
173. Demonstrate how to perform a daily inspection of an ambulance.
174. Demonstrate how to present a verbal report that would be given to arrival personnel at the hospital upon patient transfer.
175. Demonstrate how to write a written report that includes all pertinent patient information following patient transfer to the hospital.
176. Demonstrate how to clean and disinfect the ambulance and equipment during the postrun phase.
177. Demonstrate how to perform triage based on a fictitious scenario that involves a mass-casualty incident.
178. Correctly identify DOT labels, placards, and markings that are used to designate hazardous materials.
179. Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of reference materials to identify a hazardous material.

EMT 2041 - Assessment and Initial Assessment

1. Identify the components of the patient assessment process and explain how the different causes and presentations of emergencies will affect how each step is performed by the AEMT.

2. Discuss some of the possible environmental, chemical, and biologic hazards that may be present at an emergency scene, ways to recognize them, and precautions to protect personal safety.

3. Discuss the steps AEMTs should take to survey a scene for signs of violence and protect themselves and bystanders from real or potential danger.

4. Describe how to determine the mechanism of injury (MOI) or nature of illness (NOI) at an emergency and the importance of differentiating trauma patients from medical patients.

5. List the minimum standard precautions that should be followed and personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be worn at an emergency scene, including examples of when additional precautions would be appropriate.

6. Explain why it is important for AEMTs to identify the total number of patients at an emergency scene and how this evaluation relates to determining the need for additional or specialized resources, implementation of the incident command system (ICS), and triage.

7. Describe the principal goals of the primary assessment process: to identify and treat life threats and to determine if immediate transport is required.

8. Explain the process of forming a general impression of a patient as part of primary assessment and the reasons why this step is critical to patient management.

9. Explain the importance of assessing a patient’s level of consciousness (LOC) to determine altered mental status, and give examples of different methods used to assess alertness, responsiveness, and orientation.

10. Describe the assessment of airway status in patients who are both responsive and unresponsive, and give examples of possible signs and causes of airway obstruction in each case as well as the appropriate AEMT response.

11. Describe the assessment of a patient’s breathing status, including the key information the AEMT must obtain during this process and the care required for patients who have both adequate and inadequate breathing.

12. List the signs of respiratory distress and respiratory failure.

13. Describe the assessment of a patient’s circulatory status, including the different methods for obtaining a pulse and appropriate management depending on the patient’s status.

14. Explain the variations required to obtain a pulse in infant and child patients as compared with adult patients.

15. Describe the assessment of a patient’s skin color, temperature, and condition, providing examples of both normal and abnormal findings and the information this provides related to the patient’s status.

16. Discuss the process of assessing for and methods for controlling external bleeding.

17. Discuss the steps used to identify and subsequently treat life-threatening conditions that endanger a patient during an emergency.

18. List the steps the AEMT should follow during the rapid scan of a trauma patient, including examples of abnormal signs and appropriate related actions.

19. Explain the process for determining the priority of patient care and transport at an emergency scene, and give examples of conditions that necessitate immediate transport.

20. Discuss the importance of protecting a trauma patient’s spine and identifying fractured extremities during patient packaging for transport.

21. Discuss the process of taking a focused history, its key components, and its relationship to the primary assessment process.

22. Describe examples of different techniques an AEMT may use to obtain information from patients during the history-taking process.

23. Discuss different challenges an AEMT may face when taking a patient history on sensitive topics and strategies an AEMT may use to facilitate each situation.

24. Explain the purpose of performing a physical examination during secondary assessment, its components, special patient considerations, and methods for determining which aspects of the physical examination will be used.

25. Describe types of lung sounds that may be heard during auscultation.

26. Describe the purpose of a full-body scan, and list the steps used during this process.

27. Explain situations in which patients may receive a focused assessment and then give examples by body system of what each focused assessment should include based on a patient’s chief complaint.

28. List normal blood pressure ranges for adults, children, and infants.

29. Explain the importance of performing a reassessment of the patient and the steps in this process.

30. Explain the elements of basic life support (BLS), how it differs from advanced life support (ALS), and the urgency surrounding its rapid application.

31. Explain the goals of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and when it should be performed on a patient.

32. Explain the system components of CPR, the five links in the American Heart Association chain of survival, and how each one relates to maximizing the survival of a patient.

33. Discuss guidelines for circumstances that require the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) on both adult and pediatric patients experiencing cardiac arrest.

34. Explain three special situations related to the use of automated external defibrillation.

35. Describe the proper way to position an adult patient to receive basic life support.

36. Describe the purpose of external chest compressions.

37. Describe the two techniques an AEMT may use to open an adult patient’s airway and the circumstances that would determine when each technique would be used.

38. Describe the recovery position and circumstances that would warrant its use as well as situations in which it would be contraindicated.

39. Describe the process of providing artificial ventilations to an adult patient using a barrier device, ways to avoid gastric distention, and modifications required for a patient with a stoma.

40. Explain the steps in providing one-rescuer adult CPR.

41. Explain the steps in providing two-rescuer adult CPR, including the method for switching positions during the process.

42. Describe the different mechanical devices that are available to assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.

43. Describe the different possible causes of cardiopulmonary arrest in children.

44. Explain the four steps of pediatric BLS procedures and how they differ from procedures used in an adult patient

45. Describe the ethical issues related to patient resuscitation, providing examples of when not to start CPR on a patient.

46. .Explain the various factors involved in the decision to stop CPR once it has been started on a patient.

47. Explain common causes of foreign body airway obstruction in both children and adults and how to distinguish mild or partial airway obstruction from complete airway obstruction.

48. Describe the different methods for removing a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant, child, and adult, including the procedure for a patient with an obstruction who becomes unresponsive.

49. Describe the nine phases of an ambulance call and provide examples of key tasks the AEMT performs during each phase.

50. Describe the medical equipment carried on an ambulance and provide examples of supplies that are included in each main category of the ambulance equipment checklist.

51. Provide examples of the safety and operations equipment carried on an ambulance, and explain how each item might be used in an emergency by AEMTs.

52. Discuss the importance of performing regular vehicle inspections and list the specific parts of an ambulance that should be inspected daily.

53. Describe the minimum dispatch information required by EMS to respond to an emergency call.

54. Provide examples of some high-risk situations and hazards that may affect the safety of the ambulance and its passengers during both pretransport and transport.

55. Discuss specific considerations that are required for ensuring scene safety, including personal safety, patient safety, and traffic control.

56. Describe the key elements related to patient information that must be included in the written patient report upon patient delivery to the hospital.

57. Summarize the tasks that must be completed by EMS at the completion of an ambulance call.

58. Define the terms cleaning, disinfection, high-level disinfection, and sterilization and explain how they differ.

59. Discuss the guidelines for driving an ambulance safely and defensively and identify key steps EMS personnel can take to improve safety while en route to the scene, the hospital, and the station.

60. Describe the elements that dictate the use of lights and siren to the scene and to the hospital and the factors required to perform a risk-benefit analysis regarding their use.

61. Give examples of the specific, limited privileges that are provided to emergency vehicle drivers by most state laws and regulations.

62. Explain why using police escorts and crossing intersections pose additional risks to EMS personnel during transport and discuss special considerations related to each.

63. Describe the capabilities, protocols, and methods for accessing air ambulances.

64. Describe key scene safety considerations when preparing for a helicopter medivac, including establishing a landing zone, securing loose objects, mitigating onsite hazards, and approaching the aircraft.

65. Describe the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and its major components.

66. Describe the purpose of the incident command system (ICS) and its organizational structure, and explain the role of EMS response within it.

67. Describe how the ICS assists the EMS in ensuring both personal safety and the safety of bystanders, health care professionals, and patients during an emergency.

68. Describe the role of the AEMT in establishing command under the ICS.

69. Explain the purpose of medical incident command within the incident management system, and describe its organizational structure within ICS.

70. Describe the specific conditions that would define a situation as a mass-casualty incident (MCI), and give some examples.

71. Describe what occurs during primary and secondary triage, how the four triage categories are assigned to patients on the scene, and how destination decisions regarding triaged patients are made.

72. Describe how the START and JumpSTART triage methods are performed.

73. Explain how a disaster differs from a mass-casualty incident and describe the role of the AEMT during a disaster operation.

74. Recognize the entry-level training or experience requirements identified by the HAZWOPER regulation for an AEMT to respond to a HazMat incident.

75. Define the term hazardous material, including the classification system used by the NFPA, and discuss the specific types of information and resources an AEMT can use to recognize a HazMat incident.

76. List the different reference materials that may assist personnel who respond to a HazMat incident.

77. Explain the role of the AEMT during a hazardous materials incident both before and after the HazMat team arrives, including precautions required to ensure the safety of civilians and public service personnel.

78. Explain how the three control zones are established at a HazMat incident and discuss the characteristics of each zone, including the personnel who work within each one.

79. Describe patient care at a HazMat incident and explain special requirements that are necessary for those patients who require immediate treatment and transport prior to full decontamination.

80. Describe the four levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) that may be required at a HazMat incident to protect personnel from injury by or contamination from a particular substance.

81. Describe the major structures of the respiratory system.

82. Discuss the physiology of breathing.

83. Discuss the four forms of acid/base imbalance: respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, and metabolic alkalosis.

84. Give the signs of adequate breathing.

85. Give the signs of inadequate breathing.

86. Describe the assessment and care of a patient with apnea.

87. Understand how to assess for adequate and inadequate respiration, including the use of pulse oximetry.

88. Understand how to assess for a patent airway.

89. Describe how to perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.

90. Describe how to perform the jaw-thrust maneuver.

91. Explain how to measure and insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway.

92. Describe how to measure and insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway.

93. Understand the importance and techniques of suctioning.

94. Explain the AEMT’s role in performing tracheobronchial suctioning.

95. Explain the use of the recovery position to maintain a clear airway.

96. Describe the importance of giving supplemental oxygen to patients who are hypoxic.

97. Understand the basics of how oxygen is stored and the various hazards associated with its use.

98. Describe the use of a nonrebreathing mask, and state the oxygen flow requirements for its use.

99. Understand the indications for using a nasal cannula rather than a nonrebreathing face mask.

100. Describe the indications for use of a humidifier during supplemental oxygen therapy.

101. Explain the steps to take to perform mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-mask ventilation.

102. Describe the use of a one-, two-, or three-person bag-mask device and a manually triggered ventilation (MTV) device.

103. Describe the signs associated with adequate and inadequate artificial ventilation.

104. Describe the indications, contradictions, and complications of use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

105. Discuss blind insertion airway devices, including how they work, their indications, contraindications, and complications, and the procedure for inserting them.

106. Understand how to recognize and care for a foreign body airway obstruction.

107. Demonstrate use of pulse oximetry.

108. Demonstrate how to position the unresponsive patient.

109. Demonstrate the steps in performing the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.

110. Demonstrate the steps in performing the jaw-thrust maneuver.

111. Demonstrate the steps in performing the tongue-jaw lift maneuver.

112. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.

113. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway.

114. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway with a 90° rotation.

115. Demonstrate the insertion of a nasal airway.

116. Demonstrate how to operate a suction unit.

117. Demonstrate how to suction a patient’s airway.

118. Demonstrate how to perform tracheobronchial suctioning.

119. Demonstrate how to place an oxygen cylinder into service.

120. Demonstrate the use of a partial rebreathing mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

121. Demonstrate the use of a Venturi mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

122. Demonstrate the use of a humidifier in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

123. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with ventilations using the bag-mask device for one and two rescuers.

124. Demonstrate mouth-to-mask ventilation.

125. Demonstrate the use of a manually triggered ventilation device to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.

126. Demonstrate the use of an automatic transport ventilator to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.

127. Demonstrate the use of CPAP.

128. Demonstrate insertion of the Combitube.

129. Demonstrate insertion of the King LT airway.

130. Demonstrate insertion of the laryngeal mask airway.

131. Demonstrate insertion of the Cobra perilaryngeal airway.

132. Demonstrate how to use the AVPU scale to test for patient responsiveness.

133. Demonstrate how to evaluate a patient’s orientation and document his or her status correctly.

134. Demonstrate how to test pupil reaction in response to light in a patient and how to document his or her status correctly.

135. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing a patient’s airway, and correctly obtain information related to respiratory rate, rhythm, quality/character of breathing, and depth of breathing.

136. Demonstrate how to assess a radial pulse in a responsive patient and an unresponsive patient.

137. Demonstrate how to assess a carotid pulse in an unresponsive patient.

138. Demonstrate how to palpate a brachial pulse in a child who is younger than 1 year (or a manikin).

139. Demonstrate how to obtain a pulse rate in a patient.

140. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an adult or child older than 6 years.

141. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an infant or child younger than 6 years; explain variations that would be required when assessing a newborn.

142. Demonstrate how to perform a rapid scan of a patient.

143. Demonstrate the technique for auscultating lung sounds.

144. Demonstrate the use of a pulse oximetry device to evaluate the effectiveness of oxygenation in the patient.

145. Demonstrate the use of electronic devices to assist in determining the patient’s blood pressure in the field.

146. Demonstrate the use of an end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring device to assist in determining the patient’s concentration of expired carbon dioxide in the field.

147. Demonstrate the use of a blood glucose monitoring device to determine a patient’s blood glucose level.

148. Demonstrate how to perform a full-body scan.

149. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by auscultation.

150. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by palpation.

151. Demonstrate how to reposition an unresponsive adult.

152. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions in an adult.

153. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on an adult patient.

154. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on an adult patient.

155. Demonstrate how to assess for signs of breathing on a patient.

156. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.

157. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing in an adult with a simple barrier device.

158. Demonstrate how to check for a pulse at the carotid artery in an unresponsive patient.

159. Demonstrate how to perform one-rescuer adult CPR.

160. Demonstrate how to perform two-rescuer adult CPR.

161. Demonstrate the use of mechanical devices that assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.

162. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on a pediatric patient.

163. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on a pediatric patient.

164. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on a child.

165. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions on an infant.

166. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on an infant.

167. Demonstrate how to perform CPR in a child who is between 1 year of age and the onset of puberty.

168. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive adult patient using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

169. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive pregnant or obese patient using chest thrusts.

170. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive child older than 1 year using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver).

171. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an unresponsive child.

172. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant.

173. Demonstrate how to perform a daily inspection of an ambulance.

174. Demonstrate how to present a verbal report that would be given to arrival personnel at the hospital upon patient transfer.

175. Demonstrate how to write a written report that includes all pertinent patient information following patient transfer to the hospital.

176. Demonstrate how to clean and disinfect the ambulance and equipment during the postrun phase.

177. Demonstrate how to perform triage based on a fictitious scenario that involves a mass-casualty incident.

178. Correctly identify DOT labels, placards, and markings that are used to designate hazardous materials.

179. Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of reference materials to identify a hazardous material.

EMT 2050 - Medical Emergencies

1. List the structures and functions of the upper and lower airways, lungs, and accessory structures of the respiratory system.
2. Explain the physiology of respiration and list the signs of normal breathing. 
3. Discuss the pathophysiology of respiration and provide examples of the common signs and symptoms a patient with inadequate breathing may present with in an emergency situation.
4. Explain the special patient assessment and care considerations that are required for geriatric patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. 
5. Describe the various respiratory conditions that cause dyspnea, including their causes, assessment findings and symptoms, complications, and specific prehospital management and transport decisions. 
6. List and review the characteristics of infectious diseases that are frequently associated with dyspnea. 
7. Describe the assessment of a patient who is in respiratory distress and the relationship of the assessment findings to patient management and transport decisions. 
8. List and define five different types of adventitious breath sounds, their signs and symptoms, and the disease process associated with each one. 
9. Describe the primary emergency medical care of a person who is in respiratory distress.
10. State the generic name, medication forms, dose, administration, indications, actions, and contraindications for medications that are administered via metered-dose inhalers and small-volume nebulizers. 
11. Discuss some epidemic and pandemic considerations related to the spread of influenza type A and strategies AEMTs should employ to protect themselves from infection during a possible crisis situation. 
12. Explain the special patient assessment and care considerations that are required for pediatric patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. 
13. Understand the basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system. 
14. Discuss the regulation of heart function. 
15. Describe the cardiac cycle, including the concepts of afterload, stroke volume, and cardiac output. 
16. Describe the pathophysiology of angina pectoris, thromboembolism, and myocardial infarction. 
17. List the dangerous arrhythmias that may follow a myocardial infarction. 
18. Discuss the pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock and its signs, symptoms, and treatment.
19. Discuss the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure and its signs, symptoms, and treatment.
20. Discuss the pathophysiology of pulmonary edema. 
21. Understand the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management of hypertensive emergencies.
22. Describe the pathophysiology, assessment, and management of aortic aneurysm/dissection.
23. Understand the relationship between airway management and the patient with cardiac compromise. 
24. Explain patient assessment procedures for cardiovascular problems. 
25. Discuss emergency medical care for cardiovascular emergencies, including angina pectoris, thromboembolism, and myocardial infarction. 
26. Give the indications and contraindications for the use of nitroglycerin. 
27. Recognize that many patients will have had cardiac surgery and may have implanted pacemakers. 
28. Define “cardiac arrest.” 
29. Give the indications and contraindications for use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). 
30. Explain the relationship of age and weight to defibrillation. 
31. Discuss the different types of AEDs. 
32. Give the advantages of using AEDs. 
33. Describe the difference between the fully automated and the semiautomated defibrillator. 
34. Explain the use of remote, adhesive defibrillator pads.
35. Recognize that not all patients in cardiac arrest need to be attached to an AED. 
36. Explain the circumstances that may result in inappropriate shocks from an AED. 
37. Explain the reason not to touch the patient, such as by delivering cardiopulmonary resuscitation, while the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm and delivering shocks.
38. Understand the reasons for early defibrillation. 
39. Describe AED maintenance procedures. 
40. Explain the role played by medical direction in the use of AEDs.
41. Understand the importance of practice and continuing education with the AED. 
42. Explain the need for a case review of each incident in which an AED is used. 
43. Understand quality improvement goals relating to AEDs. 
44. Discuss the procedures to follow for standard operation of the various types of AEDs.
45. Describe the emergency medical care for the patient with cardiac arrest. 
46. Describe the components of care following AED shocks. 
47. Explain criteria for transport of the patient for advanced life support (ALS) following CPR and defibrillation.
48. Discuss the importance of coordinating with advanced life support (ALS) personnel.
49. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the brain and spinal cord. 
50. Discuss the different types of headaches, the possible causes of each, and how to distinguish a harmless headache from a potentially life-threatening condition. 
51. List the various ways blood flow to the brain may be interrupted and cause a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). 
52. Discuss the causes of ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and their similarities and differences. 
53. Describe the dangers associated with increased intracranial pressure (ICP), and the processes that occur in the brain with increased ICP. 
54. List the general signs and symptoms of stroke, and identify those symptoms that manifest if the left hemisphere of the brain is affected, if the right hemisphere of the brain is affected, and if there is bleeding in the brain. 
55. Discuss three conditions with symptoms that mimic stroke and the assessment techniques the AEMT may use to identify them. 
56. Define a generalized seizure, partial seizure, and status epilepticus, including their effects on a patient and how they differ from each other. 
57. Describe the different phases of a seizure. 
58. List the different types of seizures and their possible causes.
59. Explain why it is important for the AEMT to recognize when a seizure is occurring or whether one has already occurred in a patient and to identify other problems that may be associated with the seizure.
60. Describe the postictal state and the specific patient care interventions that may be necessary to assist the patient. 
61. Define altered mental status, its various possible causes, and the patient assessment considerations that apply to each. 
62. Discuss the special considerations required for pediatric patients who exhibit altered mental status. 
63. Discuss scene safety considerations when responding to a patient with a neurologic emergency.
64. Describe the steps involved in performing a primary assessment of a patient who is experiencing a neurologic emergency and the necessary interventions that may be required to address all life threats. 
65. Describe the process of history taking for a patient who is experiencing a neurologic emergency, and explain how this process varies depending on the nature of the patient’s illness. 
66. Discuss how to use a stroke assessment tool to identify a stroke patient rapidly, giving examples of two commonly used tools. 
67. List the key information an AEMT must obtain and document for a stroke patient during assessment and reassessment. 
68. Explain why a patient who is suspected of having a stroke is placed on stroke alert and requires treatment within the first 3 to 6 hours after the stroke begins. 
69. Discuss special considerations for geriatric patients who are experiencing a neurologic emergency. 
70. Describe the management, treatment, and transport of patients who are experiencing headaches, stroke, seizure, and altered mental status. 
71. Understand the anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system. 
72. Define the term acute abdomen. 
73. Explain the concept of referred pain. 
74. Understand that abdominal pain can arise from other body systems. 
75. Discuss the various potential causes of acute abdomen, including diverticulitis, cholecystitis, appendicitis, perforated gastric ulcer, aortic aneurysm, hernia, cystitis, kidney infection, renal calculi (kidney stone), pancreatitis, urinary tract infection (UTI), and, in women, ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammation. 
76. Define peritonitis and list its potential signs and symptoms. 
77. Describe the assessment process for patients with acute abdomen. 
78. Discuss general management of a patient with acute abdomen. 
79. Describe the procedures to follow in managing a patient with shock associated with abdominal emergencies. 
80. Understand the anatomy and physiology of the renal system. 
81. Discuss the various types of urologic pathophysiology, including UTIs, kidney stones, acute renal failure, and chronic renal failure. 
82. Explain the purpose of renal dialysis. 
83. Describe potential complications of dialysis or a missed dialysis treatment. 
84. Describe the assessment process for patients with urologic emergencies. 
85. Discuss general management of a patient with a urologic emergency. 
86. Discuss assessment and management of specific urologic emergencies, including UTIs, kidney stones, acute renal failure, and chronic renal failure. 
87. Describe the purpose of the immune system. 
88. Discuss the process that begins when a foreign substance is detected in the body (primary response). 
89. Explain the role of basophils and mast cells in the immune response process. 
90. Explain the roles of the chemical mediators, histamines and leukotrienes, in the immune response process. 
91. Describe the process that occurs when the body undergoes a secondary response. 
92. Understand and define the terms allergic reaction and anaphylaxis. 
93. Explain the difference between local and systemic responses to allergens. 
94. List and compare the signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction with those of anaphylaxis.
95. Describe the assessment process for a patient with an allergic reaction. 
96. Explain the importance of managing the ABCs of a patient who is having an allergic reaction.
97. Review the process for providing emergency medical care to a patient who is experiencing an allergic reaction. 
98. List the types of insect stings that may cause an allergic reaction, and describe specific treatment of patients with such stings. 
99. Explain the factors involved when making a transport decision for a patient having an allergic reaction. 
100. Explain the rationale, including communication and documentation considerations, when determining whether to administer epinephrine to a patient who is having an allergic reaction.
101. Demonstrate how to remove the stinger from a bee sting and proper patient management following its removal. 
102. Demonstrate how to use an EpiPen auto-injector. 
103. Demonstrate how to use a Twinject auto-injector. 
104. Differentiate between medical emergencies and trauma emergencies, remembering that some patients may have both. 
105. Name the various categories of common medical emergencies and give examples. 
106. Describe the evaluation of the nature of illness (NOI). 
107. Discuss the assessment of a patient with a medical emergency. 
108. Explain the importance of transport time and destination selection for a medical patient. 
109. Define “infectious disease” and “communicable disease.” 
110. Describe the routes of transmission for an infectious disease. 
111. Discuss the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management of a patient with HIV or acquired immunodefiniency syndrome. 
112. Discuss precautions to protect oneself against exposure to HIV. 
113. Discuss the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and management of a patient with hepatitis.
114. Discuss precautions to protect oneself against exposure to hepatitis.
115. Discuss other diseases of special concern and their routes of transmission, including herpes simplex, syphilis, meningitis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), hantavirus, West Nile virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian flu, and H1N1 virus (swine flu). 
116. Demonstrate the process of history taking to obtain more information related to a patient’s chief complaint based on a case scenario. 
117. Demonstrate how to use the OPQRST assessment to obtain more specific information about a patient’s breathing problem. 
118. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with the administration of a metered-dose inhaler.
119. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with the administration of a small-volume nebulizer.
120. Demonstrate how to assess and provide emergency medical care for a patient with chest pain or discomfort. 
121. Demonstrate the administration of nitroglycerin. 
122. Demonstrate the administration of aspirin to a patient with chest pain. 
123. Demonstrate how to perform maintenance of an AED. 
124. Demonstrate how to perform AED and CPR. 
125. Demonstrate how to use a stroke assessment tool such as the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale to test a patient for aphasia, facial weakness, and motor weakness. 
126. Demonstrate the assessment of a patient’s abdomen. 

EMT 2051 - Medical Emergencies

1. Identify the components of the patient assessment process and explain how the different causes and presentations of emergencies will affect how each step is performed by the AEMT.

2. Discuss some of the possible environmental, chemical, and biologic hazards that may be present at an emergency scene, ways to recognize them, and precautions to protect personal safety.

3. Discuss the steps AEMTs should take to survey a scene for signs of violence and protect themselves and bystanders from real or potential danger.

4. Describe how to determine the mechanism of injury (MOI) or nature of illness (NOI) at an emergency and the importance of differentiating trauma patients from medical patients.

5. List the minimum standard precautions that should be followed and personal protective equipment (PPE) that should be worn at an emergency scene, including examples of when additional precautions would be appropriate.

6. Explain why it is important for AEMTs to identify the total number of patients at an emergency scene and how this evaluation relates to determining the need for additional or specialized resources, implementation of the incident command system (ICS), and triage.

7. Describe the principal goals of the primary assessment process: to identify and treat life threats and to determine if immediate transport is required.

8. Explain the process of forming a general impression of a patient as part of primary assessment and the reasons why this step is critical to patient management.

9. Explain the importance of assessing a patient’s level of consciousness (LOC) to determine altered mental status, and give examples of different methods used to assess alertness, responsiveness, and orientation.

10. Describe the assessment of airway status in patients who are both responsive and unresponsive, and give examples of possible signs and causes of airway obstruction in each case as well as the appropriate AEMT response.

11. Describe the assessment of a patient’s breathing status, including the key information the AEMT must obtain during this process and the care required for patients who have both adequate and inadequate breathing.

12. List the signs of respiratory distress and respiratory failure.

13. Describe the assessment of a patient’s circulatory status, including the different methods for obtaining a pulse and appropriate management depending on the patient’s status.

14. Explain the variations required to obtain a pulse in infant and child patients as compared with adult patients.

15. Describe the assessment of a patient’s skin color, temperature, and condition, providing examples of both normal and abnormal findings and the information this provides related to the patient’s status.

16. Discuss the process of assessing for and methods for controlling external bleeding.

17. Discuss the steps used to identify and subsequently treat life-threatening conditions that endanger a patient during an emergency.

18. List the steps the AEMT should follow during the rapid scan of a trauma patient, including examples of abnormal signs and appropriate related actions.

19. Explain the process for determining the priority of patient care and transport at an emergency scene, and give examples of conditions that necessitate immediate transport.

20. Discuss the importance of protecting a trauma patient’s spine and identifying fractured extremities during patient packaging for transport.

21. Discuss the process of taking a focused history, its key components, and its relationship to the primary assessment process.

22. Describe examples of different techniques an AEMT may use to obtain information from patients during the history-taking process.

23. Discuss different challenges an AEMT may face when taking a patient history on sensitive topics and strategies an AEMT may use to facilitate each situation.

24. Explain the purpose of performing a physical examination during secondary assessment, its components, special patient considerations, and methods for determining which aspects of the physical examination will be used.

25. Describe types of lung sounds that may be heard during auscultation.

26. Describe the purpose of a full-body scan, and list the steps used during this process.

27. Explain situations in which patients may receive a focused assessment and then give examples by body system of what each focused assessment should include based on a patient’s chief complaint.

28. List normal blood pressure ranges for adults, children, and infants.

29. Explain the importance of performing a reassessment of the patient and the steps in this process.

30. Explain the elements of basic life support (BLS), how it differs from advanced life support (ALS), and the urgency surrounding its rapid application.

31. Explain the goals of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and when it should be performed on a patient.

32. Explain the system components of CPR, the five links in the American Heart Association chain of survival, and how each one relates to maximizing the survival of a patient.

33. Discuss guidelines for circumstances that require the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) on both adult and pediatric patients experiencing cardiac arrest.

34. Explain three special situations related to the use of automated external defibrillation.

35. Describe the proper way to position an adult patient to receive basic life support.

36. Describe the purpose of external chest compressions.

37. Describe the two techniques an AEMT may use to open an adult patient’s airway and the circumstances that would determine when each technique would be used.

38. Describe the recovery position and circumstances that would warrant its use as well as situations in which it would be contraindicated.

39. Describe the process of providing artificial ventilations to an adult patient using a barrier device, ways to avoid gastric distention, and modifications required for a patient with a stoma.

40. Explain the steps in providing one-rescuer adult CPR.

41. Explain the steps in providing two-rescuer adult CPR, including the method for switching positions during the process.

42. Describe the different mechanical devices that are available to assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.

43. Describe the different possible causes of cardiopulmonary arrest in children.

44. Explain the four steps of pediatric BLS procedures and how they differ from procedures used in an adult patient

45. Describe the ethical issues related to patient resuscitation, providing examples of when not to start CPR on a patient.

46. .Explain the various factors involved in the decision to stop CPR once it has been started on a patient.

47. Explain common causes of foreign body airway obstruction in both children and adults and how to distinguish mild or partial airway obstruction from complete airway obstruction.

48. Describe the different methods for removing a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant, child, and adult, including the procedure for a patient with an obstruction who becomes unresponsive.

49. Describe the nine phases of an ambulance call and provide examples of key tasks the AEMT performs during each phase.

50. Describe the medical equipment carried on an ambulance and provide examples of supplies that are included in each main category of the ambulance equipment checklist.

51. Provide examples of the safety and operations equipment carried on an ambulance, and explain how each item might be used in an emergency by AEMTs.

52. Discuss the importance of performing regular vehicle inspections and list the specific parts of an ambulance that should be inspected daily.

53. Describe the minimum dispatch information required by EMS to respond to an emergency call.

54. Provide examples of some high-risk situations and hazards that may affect the safety of the ambulance and its passengers during both pretransport and transport.

55. Discuss specific considerations that are required for ensuring scene safety, including personal safety, patient safety, and traffic control.

56. Describe the key elements related to patient information that must be included in the written patient report upon patient delivery to the hospital.

57. Summarize the tasks that must be completed by EMS at the completion of an ambulance call.

58. Define the terms cleaning, disinfection, high-level disinfection, and sterilization and explain how they differ.

59. Discuss the guidelines for driving an ambulance safely and defensively and identify key steps EMS personnel can take to improve safety while en route to the scene, the hospital, and the station.

60. Describe the elements that dictate the use of lights and siren to the scene and to the hospital and the factors required to perform a risk-benefit analysis regarding their use.

61. Give examples of the specific, limited privileges that are provided to emergency vehicle drivers by most state laws and regulations.

62. Explain why using police escorts and crossing intersections pose additional risks to EMS personnel during transport and discuss special considerations related to each.

63. Describe the capabilities, protocols, and methods for accessing air ambulances.

64. Describe key scene safety considerations when preparing for a helicopter medivac, including establishing a landing zone, securing loose objects, mitigating onsite hazards, and approaching the aircraft.

65. Describe the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and its major components.

66. Describe the purpose of the incident command system (ICS) and its organizational structure, and explain the role of EMS response within it.

67. Describe how the ICS assists the EMS in ensuring both personal safety and the safety of bystanders, health care professionals, and patients during an emergency.

68. Describe the role of the AEMT in establishing command under the ICS.

69. Explain the purpose of medical incident command within the incident management system, and describe its organizational structure within ICS.

70. Describe the specific conditions that would define a situation as a mass-casualty incident (MCI), and give some examples.

71. Describe what occurs during primary and secondary triage, how the four triage categories are assigned to patients on the scene, and how destination decisions regarding triaged patients are made.

72. Describe how the START and JumpSTART triage methods are performed.

73. Explain how a disaster differs from a mass-casualty incident and describe the role of the AEMT during a disaster operation.

74. Recognize the entry-level training or experience requirements identified by the HAZWOPER regulation for an AEMT to respond to a HazMat incident.

75. Define the term hazardous material, including the classification system used by the NFPA, and discuss the specific types of information and resources an AEMT can use to recognize a HazMat incident.

76. List the different reference materials that may assist personnel who respond to a HazMat incident.

77. Explain the role of the AEMT during a hazardous materials incident both before and after the HazMat team arrives, including precautions required to ensure the safety of civilians and public service personnel.

78. Explain how the three control zones are established at a HazMat incident and discuss the characteristics of each zone, including the personnel who work within each one.

79. Describe patient care at a HazMat incident and explain special requirements that are necessary for those patients who require immediate treatment and transport prior to full decontamination.

80. Describe the four levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) that may be required at a HazMat incident to protect personnel from injury by or contamination from a particular substance.

81. Describe the major structures of the respiratory system.

82. Discuss the physiology of breathing.

83. Discuss the four forms of acid/base imbalance: respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, and metabolic alkalosis.

84. Give the signs of adequate breathing.

85. Give the signs of inadequate breathing.

86. Describe the assessment and care of a patient with apnea.

87. Understand how to assess for adequate and inadequate respiration, including the use of pulse oximetry.

88. Understand how to assess for a patent airway.

89. Describe how to perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.

90. Describe how to perform the jaw-thrust maneuver.

91. Explain how to measure and insert an oropharyngeal (oral) airway.

92. Describe how to measure and insert a nasopharyngeal (nasal) airway.

93. Understand the importance and techniques of suctioning.

94. Explain the AEMT’s role in performing tracheobronchial suctioning.

95. Explain the use of the recovery position to maintain a clear airway.

96. Describe the importance of giving supplemental oxygen to patients who are hypoxic.

97. Understand the basics of how oxygen is stored and the various hazards associated with its use.

98. Describe the use of a nonrebreathing mask, and state the oxygen flow requirements for its use.

99. Understand the indications for using a nasal cannula rather than a nonrebreathing face mask.

100. Describe the indications for use of a humidifier during supplemental oxygen therapy.

101. Explain the steps to take to perform mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-mask ventilation.

102. Describe the use of a one-, two-, or three-person bag-mask device and a manually triggered ventilation (MTV) device.

103. Describe the signs associated with adequate and inadequate artificial ventilation.

104. Describe the indications, contradictions, and complications of use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

105. Discuss blind insertion airway devices, including how they work, their indications, contraindications, and complications, and the procedure for inserting them.

106. Understand how to recognize and care for a foreign body airway obstruction.

107. Demonstrate use of pulse oximetry.

108. Demonstrate how to position the unresponsive patient.

109. Demonstrate the steps in performing the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.

110. Demonstrate the steps in performing the jaw-thrust maneuver.

111. Demonstrate the steps in performing the tongue-jaw lift maneuver.

112. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.

113. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway.

114. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway with a 90° rotation.

115. Demonstrate the insertion of a nasal airway.

116. Demonstrate how to operate a suction unit.

117. Demonstrate how to suction a patient’s airway.

118. Demonstrate how to perform tracheobronchial suctioning.

119. Demonstrate how to place an oxygen cylinder into service.

120. Demonstrate the use of a partial rebreathing mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

121. Demonstrate the use of a Venturi mask in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

122. Demonstrate the use of a humidifier in providing supplemental oxygen therapy to patients.

123. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with ventilations using the bag-mask device for one and two rescuers.

124. Demonstrate mouth-to-mask ventilation.

125. Demonstrate the use of a manually triggered ventilation device to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.

126. Demonstrate the use of an automatic transport ventilator to assist in delivering artificial ventilation to the patient.

127. Demonstrate the use of CPAP.

128. Demonstrate insertion of the Combitube.

129. Demonstrate insertion of the King LT airway.

130. Demonstrate insertion of the laryngeal mask airway.

131. Demonstrate insertion of the Cobra perilaryngeal airway.

132. Demonstrate how to use the AVPU scale to test for patient responsiveness.

133. Demonstrate how to evaluate a patient’s orientation and document his or her status correctly.

134. Demonstrate how to test pupil reaction in response to light in a patient and how to document his or her status correctly.

135. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing a patient’s airway, and correctly obtain information related to respiratory rate, rhythm, quality/character of breathing, and depth of breathing.

136. Demonstrate how to assess a radial pulse in a responsive patient and an unresponsive patient.

137. Demonstrate how to assess a carotid pulse in an unresponsive patient.

138. Demonstrate how to palpate a brachial pulse in a child who is younger than 1 year (or a manikin).

139. Demonstrate how to obtain a pulse rate in a patient.

140. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an adult or child older than 6 years.

141. Demonstrate how to assess capillary refill in an infant or child younger than 6 years; explain variations that would be required when assessing a newborn.

142. Demonstrate how to perform a rapid scan of a patient.

143. Demonstrate the technique for auscultating lung sounds.

144. Demonstrate the use of a pulse oximetry device to evaluate the effectiveness of oxygenation in the patient.

145. Demonstrate the use of electronic devices to assist in determining the patient’s blood pressure in the field.

146. Demonstrate the use of an end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring device to assist in determining the patient’s concentration of expired carbon dioxide in the field.

147. Demonstrate the use of a blood glucose monitoring device to determine a patient’s blood glucose level.

148. Demonstrate how to perform a full-body scan.

149. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by auscultation.

150. Demonstrate how to measure blood pressure by palpation.

151. Demonstrate how to reposition an unresponsive adult.

152. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions in an adult.

153. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on an adult patient.

154. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on an adult patient.

155. Demonstrate how to assess for signs of breathing on a patient.

156. Demonstrate how to place a patient in the recovery position.

157. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing in an adult with a simple barrier device.

158. Demonstrate how to check for a pulse at the carotid artery in an unresponsive patient.

159. Demonstrate how to perform one-rescuer adult CPR.

160. Demonstrate how to perform two-rescuer adult CPR.

161. Demonstrate the use of mechanical devices that assist emergency responders in delivering improved circulatory efforts during CPR.

162. Demonstrate how to perform a head tilt-chin lift maneuver on a pediatric patient.

163. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on a pediatric patient.

164. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on a child.

165. Demonstrate how to perform external chest compressions on an infant.

166. Demonstrate how to perform rescue breathing on an infant.

167. Demonstrate how to perform CPR in a child who is between 1 year of age and the onset of puberty.

168. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive adult patient using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

169. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive pregnant or obese patient using chest thrusts.

170. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive child older than 1 year using abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver).

171. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an unresponsive child.

172. Demonstrate how to remove a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant.

173. Demonstrate how to perform a daily inspection of an ambulance.

174. Demonstrate how to present a verbal report that would be given to arrival personnel at the hospital upon patient transfer.

175. Demonstrate how to write a written report that includes all pertinent patient information following patient transfer to the hospital.

176. Demonstrate how to clean and disinfect the ambulance and equipment during the postrun phase.

177. Demonstrate how to perform triage based on a fictitious scenario that involves a mass-casualty incident.

178. Correctly identify DOT labels, placards, and markings that are used to designate hazardous materials.

179. Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of reference materials to identify a hazardous material.

EMT 2060 - Trauma Emergencies

1. Describe the physiology of perfusion, including the role of the autonomic nervous system in controlling blood pressure.
2. Discuss cardiac output, heart rate, stroke volume, and systemic vascular resistance. 
3. Understand the pathophysiology of shock (hypoperfusion). 
4. Discuss myocardial contractility, afterload, and preload, and how they relate to shock. 
5. Describe how the body compensates for decreased perfusion. 
6. Explain how the body progresses to multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). 
7. Recognize the causes of shock. 
8. Describe the three stages of shock. 
9. Describe the various types of shock, including cardiogenic shock, obstructive shock, distributive shock, hypovolemic shock, and respiratory insufficiency. 
10. Describe the signs and symptoms of shock. 
11. Explain the progression of shock, including the three distinct phases. 
12. Discuss the assessment of a patient who could be in shock. 
13. Describe the steps to follow in the emergency care of the patient with signs and symptoms of shock. 
14. Discuss the role of fluid administration in treating a patient in potential shock. (p 468)
15. Discuss special considerations in fluid resuscitation. 
16. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the skin, including the layers of the skin. (pp 835-836)
17. Understand the functions of the skin. 
18. Discuss the pathophysiology of soft-tissue injuries, including closed injuries, open injuries, and burns. 
19. Describe the following types of closed soft-tissue injuries: contusion, hematoma, and crush injury. 
20. Describe the following types of open soft-tissue injuries: abrasions, lacerations, bite wounds, avulsions, and penetrating wounds. 
21. Describe the following types of burns: thermal, inhalation, chemical, electrical, and radiation.
22. Describe the assessment process for patients with a soft-tissue injury. 
23. Describe the relationship between airway management and the patient with closed and open injuries. 
24. Discuss emergency medical care of a patient with a soft-tissue injury. 
25. Discuss assessment and management of avulsions, amputations, gunshot wounds, open abdominal wounds, impaled objects, open neck wounds, and bites. 
26. Explain how the seriousness of a burn is related to its depth and extent. 
27. Define and give the characteristics of superficial, partial-thickness, and full-thickness burns.
28. Explain the steps involved in the assessment of burns. Describe and discuss the emergency management of burns, including chemical, electrical, thermal, inhalation, and radiation burns. 
29. Understand the functions of sterile dressings and bandages. 
30. Discuss the physiology of perfusion. 
31. Discuss the pathophysiology of external and internal bleeding. 
32. Describe the characteristics of arterial bleeding, venous bleeding, and capillary bleeding.
33. Discuss the body’s physiologic response to hemorrhaging. 
34. Describe the four stages of hemorrhaging. 
35. Describe the characteristics of external bleeding, including the identification of the following types of bleeding: arterial, venous, and capillary. 
36. List the signs and symptoms of hypovolemic shock. 
37. List the signs and symptoms of internal bleeding. 
38. Explain how to determine the nature of illness for internal bleeding, including identifying possible traumatic and nontraumatic causes. 
39. Describe what could be happening in the body when a patient with suspected internal bleeding becomes calm and still. 
40. Describe the assessment process for patients with external and internal bleeding. 
41. Discuss transport considerations for patients who are hemorrhaging. 
42. Explain the emergency medical care of a patient with external bleeding. 
43. Explain the emergency medical care of a patient with internal bleeding. 
44. Discuss situations in which a tourniquet may be used to control external bleeding. 
45. List precautions to follow when applying a tourniquet. 
46. Discuss the use of splints to control external bleeding. 
47. Describe situations in which using pneumatic antishock garments (PASG) to control bleeding may be an effective alternative. 
48. List contraindications for using PASG to control bleeding. 
49. Discuss assessment and management of bleeding from the nose, ears, and mouth. 
50. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the head, face, and neck, including major structures and specific important landmarks of which the AEMT must be aware. 
51. Describe the factors that may cause obstruction of the upper airway following a facial injury.
52. Discuss the different types of facial injuries, including soft-tissue injuries, nasal fractures, mandibular fractures, Le Fort fractures, orbital fractures, and zygomatic fractures and patient care considerations related to each one. 
53. Describe the process of providing emergency care to a patient who has sustained face and neck injuries, including assessment of the patient, review of signs and symptoms, and management of care. 
54. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with soft-tissue wounds of the face and neck. 
55. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with an eye injury based on the following scenarios: foreign object, impaled object, burns, lacerations, blunt trauma, closed head injuries, and blast injuries. 
56. Describe the three different causes of a burn injury to the eye and patient management considerations related to each one. 
57. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with injuries of the nose. (p 891)
58. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with injuries of the ear, including lacerations and foreign body insertions. 
59. Describe the physical findings of a patient with a facial fracture, and list the steps related to providing emergency medical care to these patients. 
60. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with dental and cheek injuries, including how to deal with an avulsed tooth. 
61. List the steps in the emergency medical care of patient with an upper airway injury caused by blunt trauma. 
62. List the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient with a penetrating injury to the neck, including how to control regular and life-threatening bleeding. 
63. List the major bones of the skull and spinal column and their related structures, and describe their functions as related to the nervous system. 
64. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, including its divisions into the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the structures and functions of each.
65. Describe the regions of the brain, including the cerebrum, diencephalons, brainstem, and the cerebellum, and their functions. 
66. Discuss the different types of head injuries, their potential mechanism of injury (MOI), and general signs and symptoms of a head injury that the AEMT should consider when performing a patient assessment. 
67. Define traumatic brain injury (TBI) and explain the difference between a primary (direct) injury and a secondary (indirect) injury, providing examples of possible mechanisms of injury that may cause each one. 
68. Discuss the different types of brain injuries and their corresponding signs and symptoms, including increased intracranial pressure (ICP), concussion, contusion, and injuries caused by medical conditions.
69. Discuss the different types of injuries that may damage the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spine, providing examples of possible mechanisms of injury that may cause each one. 
70. List the mechanisms of injury that cause a high index of suspicion for the possibility of a head or spinal injury.
71. Discuss age-related variations that are required when providing emergency care to a pediatric patient who has a suspected head or spinal injury.
72. Describe the steps in the patient assessment process for a person who has a suspected head or spine injury, including specific variations that may be required as related to the type of injury.
73. Describe the process of providing emergency medical care to a patient with a head injury, including the three general principles designed to protect and maintain the critical functions of the central nervous system and ways to determine whether the patient has a traumatic brain injury.
74. Discuss when it would be appropriate to establish intravenous access in a patient with a head or spinal injury, including the importance of judicious fluid administration. 
75. Describe the process of providing emergency medical care to a patient with a spinal injury, including the implications of not properly caring for patients with injuries of this nature, the steps for performing manual in-line stabilization, implications for sizing and using a cervical spine immobilization device, and key symptoms that contraindicate in-line stabilization. 
76. Describe the process of preparing patients who have suspected head or spinal injuries for transport, including the use and functions of a long backboard, short backboard, and other short spinal extrication devices to immobilize the patient’s cervical and thoracic spine. 
77. Explain the different circumstances in which a helmet should be either left on or taken off a patient with a possible head or spinal injury, and then list the steps AEMTs must follow to remove a helmet, including the alternate method for removing a football helmet. 
78. Define the term mechanism of injury (MOI), and explain its relationship to potential energy, kinetic energy, and work. 
79. Define the term index of suspicion and explain its relationship to the AEMT’s assessment of trauma. 
80. Define the terms blunt and penetrating trauma and provide examples of the MOI that would cause each one to occur.
81. Describe the five types of motor vehicle collisions, the injury patterns associated with each one, and how each relates to the index of suspicion of life-threatening injuries. 
82. Discuss the three specific factors to consider during assessment of a patient who has been injured in a fall, plus additional considerations for pediatric and geriatric patients. 
83. Discuss the effects of high-, medium-, and low-velocity penetrating trauma on the body and how an understanding of each type helps the AEMT form an index of suspicion about unseen life-threatening injuries. 
84. Discuss primary, secondary, tertiary, and miscellaneous blast injuries and describe the anticipated damage each one will cause to the body. 
85. Describe multisystem trauma and the special considerations that are required for patients who fit this category, and provide a general overview of multisystem trauma patient management.
86. Outline the major components of trauma patient assessment, including considerations related to whether the method of injury was significant or nonsignificant. 
87. Discuss the special assessment considerations related to a trauma patient who has injuries in each of the following areas: head, neck and throat, chest, and abdomen. 
88. Describe trauma patient management in relation to scene time and transport selection and list the Association of Air Medical Services criteria for the appropriate use of emergency air medical services. 
89. Discuss the facilities and transport resources available through EMS trauma systems.
90. Describe the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma classification of trauma centers and how it relates to making an appropriate destination selection for a trauma patient. 
91. Review the anatomy and physiology of the thorax. 
92. Understand the mechanics of ventilation in relation to chest injuries. 
93. Discuss specific chest injuries, including closed vs. open chest injury, blunt vs. penetrating trauma, and effects on cardiac output, respiration, and ventilation. 
94. Describe the assessment process for patients with a chest injury. 
95. List general signs and symptoms of a chest injury. 
96. Discuss the significance of various signs and symptoms of chest injury, including changes in heart rate, dyspnea, jugular vein distention, muffled heart sounds, changes in blood pressure, diaphoresis or changes in pallor, hemoptysis, and changes in mental status. 
97. Discuss the general management of a patient with a chest injury. 
98. Discuss the assessment and management of chest wall injuries, including rib fractures, flail chest, sternal fracture, clavicle fracture, and commotion cordis. 
99. Describe the complications of rib fractures.
100. Describe the complications of flail chest.
101. Discuss the assessment and management of lung injuries, including simple 103. pneumothorax,    open pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, hemothorax, and pulmonary contusion.
102. Explain the complications associated with an open pneumothorax (sucking chest wound)
103. Differentiate between a pneumothorax (open, simple, and tension) and a hemothorax.
104. Discuss the assessment and management of myocardial injuries, including cardiac tamponade, myocardial contusion, and myocardial rupture.
105. Describe the complications of cardiac tamponade.
106. Discuss the assessment and management of vascular injuries, including traumatic aortic disruption and penetrating wounds of the great vessels.
107. Discuss the assessment and management of other thoracic injuries, including diaphragmatic injury, esophageal injury, tracheobronchial injuries, and traumatic asphyxia.
108. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the abdomen, including an explanation of abdominal quadrants and boundaries and the difference between hollow and solid organs.
109. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the female and male genitourinary systems, and distinguish between hollow and solid organs.
110. Describe some special considerations related to the care of pediatric patients and geriatric patients who have experienced abdominal trauma.
111. Define and discuss closed abdominal injuries, providing examples of the mechanisms of injury that are likely to cause this type of trauma in a patient, as well as key signs and symptoms.
112. Define and discuss open abdominal injuries, including ways to distinguish low-velocity, medium-velocity, and high-velocity injuries, examples of the mechanisms of injury that would cause each, and signs and symptoms exhibited by a patient who has experienced this type of injury.
113. Describe the different ways hollow and solid organs of the abdomen can be injured and include the signs and symptoms a patient might exhibit depending on the organ(s) involved.
114. Discuss the types of traumatic injuries that may be sustained by the organs of the male and female genitourinary system, including the kidneys, urinary bladder, and internal and external genitalia.
115. Discuss the assessment of a patient who has experienced an abdominal or genitourinary injury.
116. Discuss special considerations related to patient privacy when assessing a patient with a genitourinary injury.
117. Discuss the emergency medical care of a patient who has sustained a closed abdominal injury, including blunt trauma caused by a seatbelt or air bag.
118. Discuss the emergency medical care of a patient who has sustained an open abdominal injury, including penetrating injuries and abdominal evisceration.
119. Discuss the emergency medical care of a patient who has sustained a genitourinary injury related to the kidneys, bladder, external male/female genitalia, and rectum.
120. Explain special considerations related to a patient who has experienced a genitourinary injury caused by a sexual assault, including patient treatment, criminal implications, and evidence management.
121. Describe the function of the musculoskeletal system.
122. Understand the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system.
123. Describe the different types of musculoskeletal injuries, including fractures, dislocations, amputations, sprains, and strains.
124. Name the four types of force that can cause musculoskeletal injury.
125. Differentiate between open and closed fractures.
126. Discuss compartment syndrome and its assessment and management
127. Explain how to assess the severity of an injury.
128. Understand the emergency medical care of the patient with an orthopaedic injury.
129. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with a swollen, painful, deformed extremity (fracture).
130. Understand the need for, general rules of, and possible complications of splinting.
131. Explain the reasons for splinting fractures, dislocations, and sprains at the scene versus transporting the patient immediately.
132. Recognize the characteristics of specific types of musculoskeletal injuries.
133. Describe the significance of pelvic fractures and their assessment and management.
134. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with an amputation.
135. Demonstrate the assessment of neurovascular status. 
136. Demonstrate the care of musculoskeletal injuries. 
137. Demonstrate how to apply a rigid splint. 
138. Demonstrate how to apply a zippered air splint. 
139. Demonstrate how to apply an unzippered air splint. 
140. Demonstrate how to apply a vacuum splint. 
141. Demonstrate how to apply a Hare traction splint. 
142. Demonstrate how to apply a Sager traction splint.
143. Demonstrate how to apply a pneumatic antishock garment 
144. Demonstrate how to splint the hand and wrist. 
145. Demonstrate how to splint the clavicle, the scapula, the shoulder, the humerus, the elbow, and the forearm. 
146. Demonstrate how to care for a patient with an amputation. 
147. Demonstrate how to treat a patient in potential shock. 
148. Demonstrate how to complete an EMS patient care report for a patient with bleeding and/or shock. 
149. \Demonstrate the emergency medical care of closed soft-tissue injuries. 
150. Demonstrate how to control bleeding in an open soft-tissue injury.
151. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of a patient with an open abdominal wound.
152. Demonstrate how to stabilize an impaled object.
153. Demonstrate how to care for a burn.
154. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of a patient with a chemical, electrical, thermal, inhalation, or radiation burn.
155. Demonstrate emergency medical care of a patient with external bleeding using direct pressure.
156. Demonstrate emergency medical care of a patient with external bleeding using a commercial tourniquet.
157. Demonstrate how to use a PASG to control bleeding.
158. Demonstrate emergency medical care of a patient with epistaxis (nosebleed).
159. Demonstrate emergency medical care of a patient who shows signs and symptoms of internal bleeding.
160. Demonstrate the removal of a foreign object from under a patient’s upper eyelid.
161. Demonstrate the stabilization of a foreign object that has been impaled in a patient’s eye.
162. Demonstrate irrigation of a patient’s eye using a nasal cannula, bottle, or basin. 
163. Demonstrate the care of a patient who has a penetrating eye injury. 
164. Demonstrate how to control bleeding from a neck injury. 
165. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on a patient with a suspected spinal injury.
166. Demonstrate how to perform manual in-line stabilization on a patient with a suspected spinal injury. 
167. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury to a long backboard.
168. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury who was found in a sitting position.
169. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury who was found in a standing position.
170. Demonstrate how to apply a cervical collar to a patient with a suspected spinal injury.
171. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury to a short backboard.
172. Demonstrate how to remove a helmet from a patient with a suspected head or spinal injury.
173. Demonstrate the alternate method for removal of a football helmet from a patient with a suspected head or spinal injury. 
174. Describe the steps to take in the assessment of a patient with a suspected chest injury.
175. Demonstrate the management of a patient with a sucking chest wound.
176. Demonstrate proper emergency medical care of a patient who has experienced a blunt abdominal injury. 
177. Demonstrate proper emergency medical care of a patient who has a penetrating abdominal injury with an impaled object. 
178. Demonstrate how to apply a dressing to an abdominal evisceration wound.