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LaGrange Community Hospital

LaGrange County EMS

Basic-Advanced EMT Course

Module Objectives

Session 8

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

  1. Summarize the reasons for forming a general impression of the patient. (C-1)
  2. Discuss methods of assessing mental status. (C-1)
  3. Categorize levels of consciousness. (C-3)
  4. Discuss the need for assessing the patient for external bleeding. (C-1)
  5. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin color. (C-1)
  6. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin temperature. (C-1)
  7. Describe normal and abnormal findings when assessing skin condition. (C-1)
  8. Explain the reason for prioritizing a patient for care and transport. (C-1)
  9. Identify patients who require expeditious transport. (C-3)
  10. Describe orthostatic vital signs and evaluate their usefulness in assessing a patient in shock. (C-1)
  11. State the reasons for performing a rapid trauma assessment. (C-1)
  12. Explain the rationale for crewmembers to evaluate scene safety prior to entering. (A-2)
  13. Serve as a model for others explaining how patient situations affect your evaluation of mechanism of injury or illness. (A-3)
  14. Explain the importance of forming a general impression of the patient. (A-1)
  15. Explain the value of performing an initial assessment. (A-2)
  16. Demonstrate a caring attitude when performing an initial assessment. (A-3)
  17. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing mental status. (P-2)
  18. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing the patient for external bleeding. (P-2)
  19. Demonstrate the techniques for determining the patient’s skin color, temperature, and condition. (P-2)
  20. Using the techniques of examination, demonstrate the assessment of a medical patient. (P-2)
  21. Perform a focused history and physical exam on a patient with life-threatening injuries. (P-2)
  22. Differentiate between critical life-threatening, potentially life-threatening, and non life-threatening patient presentations. (C-3)
  23. Record all pertinent administrative information. (C-1)
  24. Describe the organ collisions that occur in blunt trauma and vehicular collisions. (C-2)
  25. Describe the kinematics of penetrating injuries. (C-1)
  26. State the reading and homework assignments for the next classroom session.