Syllabus Sections
Publish Date
08/25/2010 14:09:44
Trauma Management
EMSP-1355
Fall 2010
08/23/2010 - 12/12/2010
Course Information
Section 004
Laboratory
MW 09:00 - 10:30
EVC9 9123
David Gruell
Section 004
Laboratory
MW 09:00 - 10:30
EVC9 9123
Christopher Carver
Section 004
Lecture
MW 10:30 - 11:30
EVC9 9107
Ginger Locke-Floyd
Office Hours
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M W
1030 - 1230
EVC Building 9000, Room 9110
More hours are available by appointment. Occasionally class or other faculty requirement will conflict with posted hours, but every effort will be made to reschedule -
Th
1215 - 1315
Course Requirements
Grading System:
The grade for this course is determined by a combination of major written examinations, homework, and quizzes.
Grading Scale: 91-100% =A
83-90% = B
75-82% = C
67-81% = D
Below 67 = F
Exams may consist of multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, essay, labeling, and/or identification questions. Exams may be presented in written, video, lab practical, skills performance, and oral formats.
Homework/Quizzes
Homework assignments and daily quizzes may be given in each class. Each class may have a different format/weighting for these assignments. The specific details will be provided by the lead instructor for each class.
Didactic Exams
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Students must pass all didactic exams with a minimum grade of 75%. Each didactic exam must be passed prior to taking the next scheduled exam in the course. All course final exams require a minimum passing grade of 80%.
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In a given course, a student may be given a total of two retests to use on didactic exams. In order to achieve a passing score, both retests may be used on the same exam, or they may be used on two individual exams. Only one retest may be used on the final exam.
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The maximum score on a retest for a module exam will be 75%, even if the score achieved on the retest exceeds this score. The maximum score on a retest for a final exam will be 80, even if the score achieved on the retest exceeds this score.
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A student who receives a passing score on an exam may not use a retest in order to get a higher score.
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Exams that a student does not take during the time period specified by the course instructor will be given a score of zero (0).
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A student, who fails to pass an exam and has no allowed retests remaining for the course or fails a retest on a final exam, has not completed the requirements of the course and is required to immediately withdraw from the course.
Skills Exams
Skills may be tested in two different ways, as a “Summative” exam, and as a “Formative” exam. Skills may be tested at any time during the program. Individual skills to be tested will be identified in each course syllabi. Each summative skills exam in a course may be retested a single time. Only one
single skills summative exam in a course may be retested a second time. A student who fails a second retest of a skills summative exam, or who fails initial retests on two skills summative exams in a course, has not completed the requirements of the course and is required to immediately withdraw from the
course. For summative exams, each course will have a specific deadline by which a skill exam must be completed successfully. Failure to meet this deadline constitutes failure to complete the requirements of the course, and the student shall be required to immediately withdraw from the course. Formative skills exams may count as a part of a student’s grade for a course. Failure of formative skills exams will not by itself constitute failure of the course as a whole, but may lower a student’s grade below a passing level. If a student’s grade is lowered enough that it becomes impossible to regain a passing score, that constitutes failure to complete the requirements of the course, and shall require the student to immediately withdraw from the course. Skills may not be tested, either to a summative or formative level, on the same day as they are remediated or practiced. It is the student’s responsibility to consider
this policy when scheduling remediation and practice sessions prior to testing a skill. Failure to adhere to testing deadlines due to inappropriate scheduling of a remediation or practice session may result in, among other consequences, the skill exam being recorded as a failure, violation of a remediation / counseling plan, and failure to complete the requirements of the course. Summative skills failed in a skills class during a clinical rotation semester may cause the immediate removal/withdrawal of the student from both the skills class and the clinical class. Failure of summative skills indicates a safety issue for both the student and any prospective patient.
Absence Policy:
Students may only miss 10% of the total clock minutes within a lecture or lab section. Attendance is taken at the start of every lecture and lab session. Time is deducted for every minute that a student is late to class or late returning from breaks, or when a student leaves early. Once the maximum allowable time is exceeded, the student must immediately withdraw from the class.
Readings
Austin Community College
Trauma Management
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Day 1
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Lecture: Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Systems
Lab: 1355 Orientation and First-Day handouts
Reading: Brady Chapter 1
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Day 2
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Lecture: Trauma Assessment
Lab: Trauma Assessment- Initial Assessment (Find it-Fix it)
Reading: Brady: Chapter 12 pages: 489-507
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Day 3
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Lecture: Kinematics- Blunt
Lab: Trauma Assessment- Rapid Head to Toe
Reading: Brady Chapter 2
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Day 4
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Lecture: Kinematics- Penetrating
Lab: Trauma Assessment- Detailed Head to Toe
Reading: Brady Chapter 3
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Day 5
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Lecture: Hemorrhage, Shock Pathophysiology
Lab: Mini-Uber Codes; Trauma Assessment
Reading: Brady Chapter 4 (pgs. 85-123)
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Day 6
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Lecture: Shock Pathophysiology and Assessment
Lab: Trauma Assessments – Skills Sheets
Reading: No new readings
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Day 7
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Lecture: Shock Management
Lab: Trauma Scenarios
Reading: Brady pgs. 123-131, Handout
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Day 8
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Lecture: Acid / Base Balance
Lab: Acid-Base Video and Acid-Base Activity
Reading: Aehlert
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Day 9
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Lecture: Acid / Base Balance cont.
Lab: Trauma Assessments – Skills Sheets
Reading: No new readings
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Day 10
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Lecture: Thoracic Trauma
Lab: Mini-Uber Codes
Reading: Brady Chapter 10
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Day 11
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Lecture: Thoracic Trauma continued
Lab: Needle Decompression (taught/not tested)
Reading: Needle Thoracocentesis Task Analysis
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Day 12
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Lecture: Abdominal and GU Trauma
Lab: Uber Code #1 – First Group
Reading: Brady Chapter 11
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Day 13
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Lecture: Abdominal and GU Trauma continued
Lab: Uber Code #1 – Second Group
Reading: No new readings
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Day 14
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Lecture: Exam 2 Review
Lab: Trauma Scenarios – Abdominal Assessment
Reading: No new readings
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Day 15
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Lecture: Head (Brain) Trauma
Lab: Trauma Assessments
Reading: Brady Chapter 8 (except pgs. 290-296, 310-316)
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Day 16
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Lecture: Head (Brain) Trauma, cont.
Lab: Uber Code #2 – First Group
Reading: No new readings
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Day 17
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Lecture: Spinal Trauma
Lab: Uber Code #2 – Second Group
Reading: Brady Chapter 9
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Day 18
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Lecture: Spinal Trauma, cont.
Lab: Spinal Motion Restriction – Special Considerations
Reading: No new readings
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Day 19
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Lecture: Facial, Ocular and Anterior Neck, cont.
Lab: Trauma Assessment Video
Reading: Brady Chapter 8 (pgs. 290-296, 310-316)
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Day 20
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Lecture: Exam 3 Review
Lab: Traumatic Airway Video
Reading: No new readings
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Day 21
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Lecture: Traumatic Airway Management
Lab: Difficult Airway Techniques (Surg., Inline, Face-to-Face, Digital)
Reading: Brady pages 325-337
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Day 22
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Lecture: Extremity Trauma
Lab: Pelvic Sheet Wrap
Reading: Brady Chapter 5
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Day 23
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Lecture: Burns
Lab: Trauma Scenarios
Reading: Brady Chapter 6
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Day 24
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Lecture: Burns continued
Lab: Trauma Scenarios – Student Scenarios
Reading: No new readings
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Day 25
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Lecture: Soft Tissue
Lab: Trauma Scenarios – Skills Mock Testing
Reading: Brady Chapter 7
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Day 26
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Lecture: Shock Trauma Resuscitation
Lab: Trauma Scenarios – Skills Mock Testing
Reading: Brady pages 508-531
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Day 27
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Lecture: Special Populations in Trauma Management
Lab: SKILLS TESTING: Trauma Assessment
Reading: Brady pages 512-519
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Day 28
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Lecture: Environmental Trauma
Lab: SKILLS RETESTING: Trauma Assessment
Reading:
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Day 29
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Lecture: Review for Final Exam
Lab: SKILLS RETESTING: Trauma Assessment
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Day 30
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Lecture: Final Exam Retests
Lab: Final Exam Retests (As needed)
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Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Common Course Objectives/Outcomes. Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- integrate knowledge of EMS systems, safety/well being of the paramedic, and medical/legal and ethical issues, which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel, patients, and the community.
- integrate a complex depth and comprehensive breadth of knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of all human systems.
- integrate knowledge of anatomy , physiology, and pathophysiology into the assessment to develop and implement a treatment plan with the goal of assuring a patent airway, adequate mechanical ventilation and respiration for all patients.
- integrate scene and patient assessment findings with knowledge of epidemiology and pathophysiology to form a field impression, differential diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan.
- integrate comprehensive knowledge of causes and pathophysiology into the management of cardiac arrest and peri-arrest states.
- apply knowledge of operational roles and responsibilities to ensure patient, public and personnel safety.
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integrate a comprehensive knowledge of the causes and pathophysiology into the management of shock, respiratory failure or arrest with an emphasis on early intervention to prevent arrest.
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safely and effectively perform all psychomotor skills within the scope of the Paramedic practice.