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==Overview== | |||
The following is a list of skills that the NHTSA / NREMT '''[[Emergency medical technician|Emergency Medical Technician - Basic]]''' (EMT-B) is required to master. | The following is a list of skills that the NHTSA / NREMT '''[[Emergency medical technician|Emergency Medical Technician - Basic]]''' (EMT-B) is required to master. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:03, 9 August 2012
Template:Search infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The following is a list of skills that the NHTSA / NREMT Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) is required to master.
Curriculum
CPR
Airway Oxygen and Ventilation Skills - Upper Airway Adjuncts and Suction
Bag-Valve-Mask - Apneic Patient
Bleeding Control/Shock Management
- Body substance isolation
- Emergency bleeding control
- Dressing wounds
Cardiac arrest management / AED
Immobilization Skills - Joint Injury, Long Bone Injury, Traction Splinting
Mouth to Mask with Supplemental Oxygen
Oxygen Administration
Patient Assessment / Management-Medical[2]
- General (SAMPLE history)
- Signs and Symptoms
- Allergies?
- Medications?
- Past pertinent history?
- Last oral intake?
- Event leading to present illness (rule out trauma)?
- Physical Examination
- Vitals
- Interventions?
- Transport?
- Detailed physical examination?
- Respiratory or Cardiac (OPQRST)
- Onset?
- Provokes?
- Quality?
- Radiates?
- Severity?
- Time?
- Interventions?
- Trauma (DCAP-BTLS)
- Deformities?
- Contusions?
- Abrasions?
- Penetrations?
- Burns?
- Tenderness?
- Lacerations?
- Swelling?
- Altered Mental Status
- Description of the episode
- Onset?
- Duration?
- Associated Symptoms?
- Evidence of Trauma?
- Interventions?
- Seizures?
- Fever?
- Allergic Reaction
- History of Allergies
- What were you exposed to?
- How were you exposed?
- Effects?
- Progression?
- Interventions?
- Poisoning / Overdose
- Substance?
- When did you ingest / become exposed?
- How much did you ingest?
- Over what time period?
- Interventions?
- Estimated Weight?
- Environmental Emergency
- Source?
- Environment?
- Duration?
- Loss of Consciousness?
- Effects - general or local?
- Obstetrics
- Are you pregnant?
- How long have you been pregnant?
- Pain or contractions?
- Bleeding or discharge?
- Do you feel the need to push?
- Last menstrual period?
- Behavioral
- How do you feel?
- Determine suicidal tendencies
- Is the patient a threat to self or others?
- Is there a medical problem?
- Interventions?
Patient Assessment/Management-Trauma
- Airway
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Focused or Rapid Assessment
References
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians [3].