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LaGrange Community Hospital

LaGrange County EMS

Basic-Advanced EMT Course

Module Objectives

Session 2

At the completion of this course session, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the benefits of EMTB-A continuing education. (C-1:1-1.1)
  2. List and explain the primary and additional roles and responsibilities of the

    3. EMTB-A. (C-2:1-1.3)

  3. Describe the role of the EMS physician in providing medical direction. (C-1:

    4. 1-1.4)

  4. Describe the benefits of medical direction, both on-line and off-line. (C-1:

    5. 1-1.5)

  5. Describe the relationship between a physician on the scene, the EMTB-A on

    6. the scene, and the EMS physician providing on-line medical direction. (C-1:

    1-1.6)

  6. Discuss the importance of universal precautions and body substance isolation

    7. practices and develop strategies to prevent the transmission of diseases. (C-3

    :1-1.7)

  7. Describe the steps to take for personal protection from airborne and blood

    8. borne pathogens. (C-1:1-1.8)

  8. Explain what is meant by an exposure and describe principles for manage-

    9. ment. (C-1:1-1.9)

  9. Identify and explain the importance of laws pertinent to the EMTB-A. (C-1:

    10. 1-1.10)

  10. List the specific problems or conditions encountered while providing care that

    11. an EMTB-A is required to report, and identify in each instance to whom the report is to be made. (C-1:1-1.11)

  11. Discuss the concept of medical direction and its relationship to the standard

of care of an EMTB-A. (C-1:1-1.12)

12.Defend the importance of continuing medical education and skills retention.

(A-3:1-1.13)

13.Advocate and practice the use of personal safety precautions in all scene sit-

uations. (A-3:1-1.14)

14.Advocate and serve as a role model for other EMS providers relative to body

substance isolation practices. (A-3:1-1.15)

15.Reinforce the patient’s autonomy in the decision-making process. (A-2:

1-1.16)

16.Given a scenario, defend an EMTB-A’s actions in a situation where a physician

orders therapy the EMTB-A feels to be detrimental to the patient’s best

interests. (A-3:1-1.17)

Session 2 objectives (cont.)

17.Demonstrate the proper procedures to take for personal protection from

disease. (P-2:1-1.18)

18.State the reading and homework assignment for the next class session.

Module One terminal objectives, the EMTB-A will:

how these roles and responsibilities differ from other levels of providers.