EMSP 1235 - Advanced EMS Operations

1. Driving/Operations
   1. Traffic safety
   2. Mapping/navigation
2. Air Medical Transport
   1. Types of air transport
   2. Advantages and disadvantages of air transport
   3. Setting up a landing zone
3. MCI
   1. National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) terminology
   2. triage methods
   3. MCI exercise
   4. Incident command
   5. Terrorism
4. Rescue Awareness and Operations
   1. rescue operations
   2. medical treatment during rescue
   3. disentanglement
   4. personal protective equipment
   5. rescue specialties
5. Crime Scene Awareness
   1. hazard awareness control and avoidance
   2. approach to the scene
   3. dangerous scenes
   4. violent groups and situations
   5. tactical considerations for safety and patient care
   6. tactical patient care
   7. EMS at crime scenes
6. Hazardous Materials
   1. hazardous materials response
   2. contamination and toxicology
   3. decontamination
   4. personal protective equipment/transport protection.
   5. medical monitoring and rehabilitation

1. complete a table top practice exercise using the principles of medical incident command.
2. define the term rescue.
3. demonstrate current methods of triage.
4. explain the medical and mechanical aspects of rescue situations.
5. explain the role of the paramedic in delivering care at the emergency scene.
6. identify confined in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere.
7. apply knowledge of rescue, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), MCI, crime scene management, and EMS operational aspects in scenario-based learning.
8. complete an equipment/supply checklist.
9. decontaminate a patient.
10. describe the advantages and disadvantages of air medical transport.
11. identify hazards of cave-in during trench rescue operations.
12. identify the role of a paramedic at a crime scene.
13. set up a landing zone for a medical helicopter.
14. set up an MCI drill.
15. size-up a hazardous materials incident.
16. identify personal protective equipment.
17. cocoon a hazardous materials patient.
18. demonstrate concepts of emergency driving.

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