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Oct 06, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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EMS 298 - Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
Description: Strategies, skills, and simulations to decrease preventable death in the unstable prehospital environment according to National Association of EMTs (NAEMT) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines. Strategies include cintegration of rapid patient assessment with trauma patient management in tactical and hazardous environments. Promotes a common approach for the transition of rescue to patient care while limiting the risk of further casualties. Examines the impact of tactical and environmental factors on trauma patient management.
Prerequisites: Program Admission.
Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Levels of threat: direct threat, indirect threat
- Levels of threat and trauma patient assessment
- Phases of trauma patient management: direct threat, indirect threat, and evacuation
- Management of airway and ventilatory emergencies: direct threat strategies, indirect threat strategies, and evacuation strategies
- Management of circulatory emergencies: direct threat strategies, indirect threat strategies, and evacuation strategies
- Management of various trauma conditions: direct threat strategies, indirect threat strategies, and evacuation strategies
Learning Outcomes:
- Differentiate the levels of threat. (1)
- Perform comprehensive trauma patient assessment according to levels of threat. (2)
- Differentiate the phases of trauma patient management. (3)
- Manage airway and ventilatory emergencies according to TECC guidelines. (4)
- Manage circulatory emergencies according to TECC guidelines. (5)
- Manage various trauma conditions according to scope of practice, levels of threat, and TECC guidelines. (6)
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