EMSP 1210 - Advanced Assessment, Communications and Documentation

1. History Taking
   1. Component of the patient history
   2. Interviewing techniques in EMS
   3. Integration of therapeutic communication techniques based on findings and presentation
2. Scene Size-up a. Scene management
   1. Environmental impact on patient care
   2. Hazards
   3. Violence
      • Scene stabilization
      • Security
      • Multiple patient situations
3. History Taking
   1. Component of the patient history
   2. Interviewing techniques in EMS
   3. Integration of therapeutic communication techniques based on findings and presentation
4. Patient Assessment
   1. General impression
   2. LOC
   3. ABCs
   4. Vital signs
   5. Life-threats
      • Body systems
      • Bariatrics
      • Anatomical regions
      • Patient care skills
      • Reassessment
5. Clinical Decision Making
   1. Influencing factors
   2. Patient presentations
   3. Cornerstone of critical thinking
6. EMS Communications Systems
   1. Methodology
   2. Components
   3. Regulation
   4. Dispatch
   5. Procedures
   6. Team dynamics
   7. Verbal qualities
7. EMS System Communication
   1. Communication with healthcare professionals
   2. Team communication and dynamics
8. Documentation
   1. Report writing
   2. General considerations
   3. Electronic documentation
   4. Document revision

1. demonstrate a comprehensive patient examination.
2. demonstrate the assessment of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, back, and extremities.
3. demonstrate the importance of empathy when obtaining a health history.
4. demonstrate the primary and secondary assessment for medical and trauma patients
5. describe common hazards found at the emergency scene.
6. describe the components of the ongoing assessment.
7. describe the phases of communications in emergency care situations.
8. describe the techniques of obtaining a patient history.
9. describe the use of facilitation, reflection, clarification, empathetic responses, confrontation, and interpretation.
10. differentiate between critical life threatening, potentially life threatening, and non life-threatening patient presentations.
11. evaluate scene size-up.
12. identify the components of a comprehensive history of an adult patient.
13. apply the principles of medical documentation and report writing.
14. demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively through electronic media.
15. demonstrate advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques.

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