Topic

Patient Assessment

• Explain how the different causes and presentations of emergencies will affect how EMTs perform each step of the patient assessment process.
• Identify the components of the patient assessment process. 
• Describe how to determine the mechanism of injury (MOI) or nature of illness (NOI) at an emergency and the importance of differentiating trauma patients from medical patients.
• Explain the process for determining the priority of patient care and transport at an emergency scene and include examples of conditions that necessitate immediate transport.
• Discuss the process of taking a focused history, its key components, and its relationship to the primary assessment process.
• Explain the importance of performing a reassessment of the patient and the steps in this process.

• Steps that contribute to wellness and their importance in managing stress
• Define disease and communicable disease
• Routes of disease transmission
• Standard precautions in treating patient to prevent infection
• Steps to take for personal protection from airborne / blood borne diseases
• Proper handwashing
• Know physiologic, physical, and psychological responses to stress   

Firefighter Down CPR

• Discuss the Physical Stress of Firefighting
• Risks of Sudden Cardiac Arrest During Firefighting Activities
• Discuss the FD-CPR 10 Step Process
  • Gear removal
  • Continuous CPR