Cardiovascular Care Lab - EMS 142
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS142-CardiovascularCareLab
Effective: 2019-08-01
Course Description
Focuses on skills involved in the assessment and management of cardiac-related emergencies. Develops competency in basic dysrhythmia recognition and overall cardiac patient care.
Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hour 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 skills involved in the assessment and management of cardiac-related emergencies. It develops competency in basic dysrhythmia recognition and overall cardiac patient care.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Current Virginia EMT and CPR certification as approved by the Virginia Office of EMS. Corequisite EMS 141.
Course Objectives
- Demonstrate competency in identifying basic EKG rhythms and associated treatments
- Perform a minimum of two (2) assessments on patient complaining of cardiac related emergencies in a scenario.
- Demonstrate competency in defibrillating a minimum of two (2) patients in an unwitnessed arrest in a lab setting
- Demonstrate competency in defibrillating a minimum of four (4) patients in an unwitnessed arrest in a scenario.
- Demonstrate competency in performing transcutaneous pacing on a minimum of two (2) patients in an in a lab setting
- Demonstrate competency in performing transcutaneous pacing on a minimum of four (4) patients in an in a scenario.
- Demonstrate competency in performing synchronized cardioversion on a minimum of two (2) patients in an in a lab setting
- Demonstrate competency in performing synchronized cardioversion on a minimum of four (4) patients in an in a scenario.
- Demonstrate competency in interpreting a 12 lead EKG
Major Topics to be Included
- Assessment of the Cardiovascular Patient
- Primary survey for cardiovascular assessment
- History and physical/ SAMPLE format specific to the cardiovascular patient
- Secondary survey for cardiovascular assessment
- Differentiating cardiovascular disorders
- Identification of Types of Rhythms
- Sinus rhythms
- Atrial rhythms
- Junctional rhythms
- Tachycardic rhythms
- Bradycardic rhythms
- Heart blocks
- Pulseless rhythms
- Management of the patient with an arrhythmia
- Symptomatic and asymptomatic patients
- Non-invasive interventions
- Pharmacological interventions
- Electrotheraphy interventions
- Cardiovascular specific pharmacology
- Gases
- Sympathomimetic
- Anticholinergic
- Antiarrhythmic
- Beta blocker
- Vasopressor
- Calcium channel blocker
- Purine nucleoside
- Platelet aggregate inhibitor
- Alkalinizing agents
- Cardiac glycoside
- Narcotic/ analgesic
- Diuretic
- Nitrate
- Antihypertensive