First Responder EMS Curriculum for Training Centers in Eurasia

2. Although the First Responders may not be members of a hazardous material orheavy rescue team, this lesson should provide the students with enough personalincentive to review and update through continuing education issues concerninghazardous materials, rescue situations, and violent crime scenes.3. If the First Responders fail to develop personal safety skills, the potential threat topersonal, patient, and bystander safety is increased significantly.4. The well-being of the First Responders depends on their ability to recognize thatstressful traumatic situations do occur and that the effect of those situations is feltby the patient, family members, and First Responders. The First Responders mustbe aware of internal and external mechanisms to help themselves, the patient, thepatient’s family, and other First Responders deal with reactions to stress.5. The First Responders will use proper communication techniques when dealing withthe grieving process.6. Student Activitiesa. Auditory (Hearing)1. Students will listen to methods of communicating with patients and family membersof patients at risk for death.2. Students will listen to methods of communicating with friends and family membersof terminally ill patients.b. Visual (Seeing)1. Students will look at scenes requiring personal protection.2. Students will look at personal protection devices and equipment associated withbody substance isolation (eye protection, gloves, gowns, masks).c. Kinesthetic (Doing)1. Students will role play, talking to patients in various stressful/traumatic situations.2. Students will practice putting on protective eye protection, gloves, and gowns.Instructor Activities• Facilitate discussion and supervise practice.• Reinforce student progress in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.• Redirect students having difficulty with content.EvaluationWrittenDevelop evaluation instruments (e.g., quizzes, oral reviews, and handouts) to determine theprogress of students in this lesson.PracticalEvaluate the actions of the First Responder students during role play, practice, or other skillstations to determine their compliance with the cognitive and affective objectives and theirmastery of the psychomotor objectives of this lesson.16First Responder EMS Curriculum/AIHA, July 2002