Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. Practice wilderness wound and burn management.
2. Practice clearing and transporting patients with suspected spine and head trauma.
3. Describe and treat common athletic injuries.
4. Apply patient assessment and basic life support best practices.
5. Practice managing traumatic and environmental injuries.
6. Identify and manage a variety of wilderness medical problems and emergencies.
7. Apply best practices for adult and child CPR.
8. Apply best practices for adult airway obstruction and clearing procedures
9. Practice the proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
10. Identify and manage athletic injuries.
11. Analyze and describe legal issues in emergency medicine.
12. Develop and present a plan for long term patient care.
13. Recognize and manage post-traumatic stress.
14. Describe and practice using the incident command system.
All state and national EMT Certification standards which may include ambulance or emergency room rotations must be followed.