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A valid BLS card is required in order to participate in this class. Please email Barbara Vaning a copy of your card after you register: barbara.vaning@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
COMPETENCIES
Station 1
Student shall correctly determine when and how to perform pediatric immobilization (commercial device, in car seat–intact and compromised)
Station 2
Student shall properly perform:
- Securing a trauma patient via standing backboard, using C-collar, spider straps, quick clips, cravats
- Helmet removal
- Securing, lifting and moving the adult and special population geriatric patient
Station 3
Student shall perform the correct management technique for:
- Closed soft tissue injury (RICES), open soft tissue injury, open chest wound, open abdominal wound, impaled object, burns, tourniquets
- Stabilizing injuries using rigid splints, air splint, vacuum splint, traction splint, MAST
Station 4
Student shall perform the correct technique and verbalize the correct indications for:
- Spinal immobilization using a vest-style device and C-collar
- Rapid extrication
Scenario Skills Evaluation
- One shall be a pediatric patient and one shall be an adult patient
- Team of two or three EMTs
- Proper equipment and realistic scenario describing the circumstances of the patient’s injuries
- Properly perform a complete patient assessment, including vital signs and HPI, to critically decide on appropriate patient management using O2 administration (proper device), airway adjuncts, splinting, bandaging and movement from a carrying device (i.e., stair chair, flexible stretcher, long board, vest-type device, scoop-style stretcher, etc.) to securing on a stretcher, and properly loading the patient into the ambulance.
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Event Type: EMT & EMS
Keyword: health professionals
