First Responder EMS Curriculum for Training Centers in Eurasia

Instructor will demonstrate the procedural activities from Chapter 10: Bleeding and Soft TissueInjuries.Instructor will demonstrate the procedural activities from Chapter 11: Injuries to Muscles andBones.Contextual (When, Where, Why)Instructor will review contextual activities from Chapter 9: Medical Emergencies.Instructor will review the contextual activities from Chapter 10: Bleeding and Soft TissueInjuries.Instructor will review the contextual activities from Chapter 11: Injuries to Muscles and Bones.Student ActivitiesAuditory (Hearing)1. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients with general medical complaints.2. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients with altered mental status.3. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients with seizures.4. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients exposed to cold.5. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients exposed to heat.6. Students will listen to a presentation about the signs, symptoms, and management ofpatients with behavior problems.7. Students will listen to simulations to identify signs and symptoms of external bleeding.8. Students will listen to simulated situations in which the signs and symptoms of softtissue injuries and procedures for treating soft tissue injuries are demonstrated.9. Students will listen to the sounds made by open sucking chest wounds.10. Students will listen to simulations of various situations involving musculoskeletalinjuries and the proper assessment and emergency medical care of the injuries.Visual (Seeing)1. Students will view audiovisual material about patients with general medical complaints.2. Students will view audiovisual material about patients with an altered mental status.3. Students will view audiovisual material about patients with seizures.4. Students will view audiovisual material about patients exposed to cold.5. Students will view audiovisual material about patients exposed to heat.6. Students will view audiovisual material about patients with behavior problems.7. Students will view audiovisual materials about the various types of external bleeding.8. Students will view audiovisual materials about the proper methods to control bleeding.9. Students will look at a patient to identify major bleeding.10. Students will watch, in simulated situations, the application of direct pressure, elevation,and pressure points in the emergency medical care for external bleeding.11. Students will look at diagrams of the various types of soft tissue injuries.12. Students will watch demonstrations of the procedure for treating an open soft tissueinjury.First Responder EMS Curriculum/AIHA, July 2002 255