Airway, Shock and Resuscitation Lab - EMS 128
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS128-AirwayShockandResuscitationLab
Effective: 2018-08-01
Course Description
Focuses on specific skills related to airway, resuscitation and shock management.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to teach the paramedic student the principle skills of airway management, resuscitation techniques and care of a patient in shock.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS. Corequisite: EMS 127.
Course Objectives
- Perform airway management techniques safely and accurately in the laboratory setting.
- Demonstrate competency in the use of supraglottic airway devices.
- Demonstrate competency in the use of CPAP and PEEP.
- Demonstrate competency in CPR, AED use and management of the choking patient.
- Demonstrate competency in performing orotracheal intubation on a minimum of ten (10) adult patients in the laboratory setting.
- Demonstrate competency in performing nasotracheal intubation on a minimum of two (2) adult patients in the laboratory setting.
- Demonstrate competency in the use of fluid resuscitation in a patient suffering from shock.
Major Topics to be Included
- Airway Management Devices
- Bag-Mask Techniques and Rescue Breathing for Adults and Children
- Relief of Choking in Infants or Victims 1 Year of Age and Older
- Supraglottic airway devices
- CPAP
- Endotracheal intubation
- Nasotracheal intubation
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 1 & 2 Rescuer CPR for Adults, Children and Infants
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Post resuscitation care
- Shock Management
- Identifying types of shock
- Use of fluids in shock management
- Considerations in geriatric and pediatric patients