Title: Untitled Document
Course: Career Communication

Standard Competencies

1. Perform an assessment of a patient with a medical complaint.
2. Provide differential diagnoses for a patient with a medical complaint.
3. Formulate a treatment plan for a medical patient.
4. Manage a patient having a neurological emergency.
5. Demonstrate the assessment of a patient having a neurological emergency.
6. Manage a patient with an acute abdominal emergency.
7. Recognize the patient experiencing an allergic reaction.
8. Treat a patient experiencing an allergic reaction.
9. Discuss the causes of and steps used to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
10. Discuss the general factors that may cause an alteration in a patient's behavior.
11. Provide emergency medical care to the patient experiencing a diabetic emergency.
12. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of the patient experiencing a behavioral emergency.
13. Discuss special legal considerations for managing behavioral emergencies.
14. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of the patient experiencing chest pain or discomfort.
15. Treat a patient with suspected poisoning or overdose.
16. Manage a patient with breathing difficulty.
17. Discuss the signs, symptoms and management of hematological disorders.
18. Discuss the signs, symptoms and management of genitourinary and renal disorders.

TOPICAL OUTLINE:

1. Medical Emergencies Overview
  1. Assessment factors
  2. Major components of the medical patient assessment
  3. Transport mode and destination decisions
2. Neurology
  1. Stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
  2. Seizures
  3. Status epilepticus
  4. Headache
3. Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Disorders
  1. Anatomy and physiology of abdominal organs
  2. General assessment and management of patients with an acute abdomen
  3. Acute and chronic gastrointestinal hemorrhage
  4. Peritonitis
  5. Ulcerative diseases
4. Immunology
  1. Anatomy and physiology of the immune system
  2. Hypersensitivity disorders
  3. Assessment and management of mild allergic reactions
  4. Assessment and management of anaphylaxis
5. Infectious Disease
  1. Assessment and management of patients with infectious disease
  2. Decontamination of ambulance and equipment
6. Endocrine Disorders
  1. Overview of endocrine disorders
  2. Diabetes
7. Psychiatric Disorders
  1. Basic principles of the mental health system
  2. Assessment of patients with psychiatric disorders
  3. Behaviors that pose a risk to providers or others
  4. Acute psychosis
  5. Suicidal patients
  6. Agitated delirium
  7. Legal considerations and restraints
8. Cardiovascular Disorders
  1. Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
  2. Assessment and management of patients with cardiovascular emergencies
  3. Chest pain and acute coronary syndrome
  4. Aortic aneurysm and dissection
  5. Heart failure
9. Toxicology
  1. How and when to contact a poison control center
  2. Recognition and management of carbon monoxide poisoning
  3. Recognition and management of nerve agent poisoning
  4. Poisoning by ingestion
  5. Poisoning by inhalation
  6. Poisoning by injection
  7. Poisoning by absorption
  8. Alcohol intoxication and withdrawal
  9. Other drugs of abuse
10. Respiratory Emergencies
  1. Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
  2. General assessment and management for respiratory emergencies
  3. Epiglottitis
  4. Spontaneous pneumothorax
  5. Pulmonary edema
  6. Asthma
  7. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  8. Pulmonary embolism
  9. Pneumonia
  10. Viral respiratory infections
11. Hematology
  1. Anatomy and physiology
  2. Sickle cell crisis
  3. Clotting disorders
12. Genitourinary and Renal Disorders
  1. Anatomy and physiology of renal system
  2. Complications related to renal dialysis
  3. Urinary catheter management d. Kidney stones