SFR | Course Content for 2012

Jan 28

Emergency Medical Services (EMS/911) system
Role as First Responder, legal aspects, disease transmission
Responder/ home team responsibilities
Reporting, communication protocols
Equipment, tools, supplies, guidelines
ILCOR 2010 and PHTLS 2011 applications
Health Care Provider – CPR/AED
Primary care survey: U-Glasgow/ AVPU
UCABd, airway access, equipment extrication
Faceguard/ helmet removal/ re-alignment
Obstructed airway, Heimlich
Airway adjuncts: oral-naso-pharyngeal
Ventilation: pocket mask, bag-valve-mask (2-person)
Oxygenation: cylinder, regulator, masks, cannula
Suction: manual/mechanical
Secondary Survey: DEFG, protocols, vital signs
Hemorrhage control: capillary, venous, arterial, direct pressure, tourniquet (uncontrolled arterial)
Wounds: care, dressing, bandaging, protection
Soft tissue management, msk, amputation
Head trauma: Traumatic Brain Injury mild/severe
Facial/ ant. neck/ chest/ ribs/ viscera/ pelvis/ genitals
Fracture management, alignment
Spinal: assessment/ immobilization/ packaging
Football/ Hockey spinal care guidelines
Respiratory: asthma, COPD, hyperventilation
Medical: cardiac, CVA, seizures, diabetes
Shock: physiological/ electrical, Epi-pen, Twinject
Burns: superficial, partial/ full thickness, scalds, electrical
Drowning/ submersion
Hyperthermia/ hypothermia/ frost nip/ frostbite
Moves, lifts, transfers, practical simulations
Multiple casualty, triage, exams