EMS-EMT7823 - Ambulance Ops I - ambulance safety, safe driving, and culture of safety

Course Description

This course will teach students the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic emergency care and transportation with a safety conscious mindset.  We will focus on safety of the ambulance during operations as well as driving safely.  The will be discussion on creating a culture a safety in EMS and how it improves patient care as well as the well being of the EMT.

Course Outline

• NAEMT EMS Safety Guidelines
• National Standards EMT Curriculum
• Mecklenburg County First Responder Protocol

Learner Outcomes

• Addresses roadside safety, warning device use, apparatus,lighting, and high-visibility clothing and interagency planning and cooperation.
• Describe how they would protect the scene in a series of simulated incidents
• Reviews principles of defensive driving, ambulance design dangers, use of warning lights and sirens, common driving distractions, risk mitigation techniques, and the importance of securing patients, equipment and personnel.
• Recognize situations where the EMS practitioner may be at risk of violence, and how such situations may be either avoided or addressed.
• Discuss ways to promote a culture of EMS safety and to help reduce the number and intensity of injuries incurred by EMS practitioners in carrying out their work

Notes

Method of Instruction:

• Online or In-Person Lecture
• Case Based Scenario Learning

Evaluation:

• Written Exam
• Class Participation