STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Make accurate assessment to determine the presences or potential for threat to life.

 II.     Identify hypoxemia and shock

 III.    Initiate key interventions

 IV.     Discuss safe & rapid transport to an appropriate facility.

 V.      Discuss the laws of energy & motion

 VI.     Discuss trauma associated with blunt impact and penetrating injury

 VII.    Use Kinematics to predict injury pattern

 VIII.   Discuss the importance of scene assessment

 IX.     Identify components of the primary survey

 X       Differentiate between critical and non critical patients

 XI.     Defend the need for early transport of critical patients

 XII.    Describe when to perform a secondary survey

 XIII.   Identify patients in need of airway control

 XIV.    Explain the need for increased oxygenation and ventilation in the critical trauma patient

 XV.     Discuss methods of manual and mechanical management of the airway

 XVI.    Discuss common errors in ventilation of the trauma patient.

 XVII.   Review A & P of chest

 XVIII.  Discuss the mechanics of breathing

 XIX.    Detail the assessment process .

 XX      Explain the management of rib fracture, flail chest injury, pulmonary contusion, hemothorax, blunt cardiac injury

 XXI.    Describe the pathophysiology of shock

 XXII.   Identify the types of shock

 XXIII.  Differentiate between signs of compensated and decompenstated shock

 XXIV.   Discuss the role of hemorrhage

 XXV.    Control hypothermia PASG and volume resuscitation in shock management.

 XXVI.   Relate to kinematic applications to the assessment of patient with abdominal trauma

 XXVII.  Identify the assessment & management of blunt and pentration abdominal trauma

 XXVIII. Describe the differences in the assessment and treatment of the pregnant patient with abdominal trauma

 XXIX.   Define primary & secondary brain trauma

 XXX     Assessment of traumatic brain injury

 XXXI.   Discuss management for suspected traumatic brain injury

 XXXII.  Identify life-threatening conditions associated with spinal trauma

 XXXIII. Recognize the indications for spinal immobilization

 XXXIV.  Discuss the principles of spinal immobilization

 XXXV.   Describe use of rapid extrication

 XXXVI.  Discuss the pathophysiology of musculoskeletal Trauma

 XXXVII. Discuss the management of musculoskeletal trauma in isolate trauma and multisystem trauma

 XXXVIII.Identify management and differentiate critical and non critical burns.

 XXXIX.  Identify how chemical and electrical burns differ

 XL      Discuss assessment & care of CO inhalation

 XLI.    Discuss the priorities  of assessing and managing burn related injuries.

 XLII.   Identify injury Patterns common to Geriatrics and Pediatric trauma Patients.

 XLIII.  Identfiy anatomical and physiological differences

 XLIV.   Discuss the importance of obtaining history

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Provider course

 II.     Trauma

 III.    Considerations of pediatric and geriatric trauma

 IV.     Golden principle of pre-hospital trauma care

 V.