The
course contains the basics of ambulance system, triage, role of triage, role of
paramedic personnel and the basic life support skills during critical
condition. Basically how the emergency medical care technicians handle the
situation in critical care unit e.g. when carrying the patient, lifting the
patient all these are include here. Not only the function of different cardio
respiratory instruments but this course also deals with the lead used in the
specific instrument, its type, even the waves (in case of ECG). Similarly in
case of ambulance how to communicate or how to response a call and how to give
proper life support skills in absence of a doctor, even pre hospital care
techniques and the parameters records or monitor before the admission in a
hospitals also include in this syllabus.
Applied
emergency care technology aims to teach the first steps of emergency medical
care technology in a systemic way to the B. Sc students from the paramedic or
allied health science point of view.
The subject applied emergency care technology deals with how emergency medical technologists work
during a critical condition whether it is in ambulance or it will be in ICU.
Emergency medical technicians also need to know the basic life support skills.
At the end of the course students will learn CPR, ECG, cardio pulmonary fitness
assessment which will be helpful for
providing proper medical support.
After successful
completion of the course the students acquires strong base of Triage system, ambulance system, basic life support
skills like CPR. Students expected to answer the question related to the above
mentioned topic. Students are expected to apply the theoretical knowledge in
case of hands on laboratory class i.e. during the practical class. Students are expected
to learn the basic life support skills and the role of emergency medical care
technologists in paramedical science.
•Module
I: Structure
and organization of a hospital and its departments, Functioning of an
ideal emergency medicine
department, Concept of triage, Components of triage Triage
officer, Triage procedure.
•Module
II: Ambulance services
(A), Preparation of an ambulance a. Equipment Medical, Basic supplies, Patient
transfer equipment, Airways, Suction equipment, Artificial ventilation devices,
Oxygen inhalation equipment, Cardiac compression equipment, Basic wound care
supplies, Splinting supplies, Childbirth supplies, Medications, Automated
external defibrillator, Non-Medical, Personal safety equipment as per local,
state, and central standards, Pre-planned routes or comprehensive street maps,
Daily inspection, Inspection of vehicle systems b. Equipment Utilization of safety precautions and seat
belts.
•Module
III: Responding to a call, Emergency vehicle operations,
Position and Transport of patient,
Patient position, prone, lateral, dorsal, dorsal recumbent, Fowler's
positions, comfort measures, bed making, rest and sleep, Lifting and
transporting patients: lifting patients up in the bed, transferring from bed to
wheel chair, transferring from bed to stretcher, Loading patients to an
ambulance, Wheeled ambulance stretcher, Portable ambulance stretcher, Scoop
stretcher Long spine board, Transferring patients, The phases of an ambulance
call, Disinfection of ambulance following ambulance usage, Air ambulances.
•Module
IV: Pre hospital care -
Introduction, Vehicles, Communications, Patient record, Personal
protective equipment, Multiple/ mass casualty - pre-hospital life support.
•Module
V: Communication-
Communication with doctors, colleagues and other staffs, Non-verbal
communication, Inter-personnel relationships, Patient contact techniques,
communication with patients and their relatives.
Evaluation:
- Internal 1- 10%
- Internal 2- 10%
- Mid- term – 30%
- End Term – 50%
References
1) Fundamentals
of Respiratory Care- Egan's - Craig l. Scanlon
2) Essential of Medical Physiology- K Sembulingam
3) Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology
4) Handbook of Emergency Care - Suresh David