EMT basic skills

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The following is a list of skills that the NHTSA / NREMT Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) is required to master.

Curriculum

CPR

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Airway Oxygen and Ventilation Skills - Upper Airway Adjuncts and Suction

• Oropharyngeal airway
• Suction
• Nasopharyngeal airway

Bag-Valve-Mask - Apneic Patient

• Bag valve mask

Bleeding Control/Shock Management

• Body substance isolation
• Emergency bleeding control
• Dressing wounds

Cardiac arrest management / AED

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Automated external defibrillator

Immobilization Skills - Joint Injury, Long Bone Injury, Traction Splinting

• Splinting

Mouth to Mask with Supplemental Oxygen

Oxygen Administration

• Oxygen therapy
• Bag valve mask
• Nasal cannula
• Non-rebreather mask
• Simple face mask

Patient Assessment / Management-Medical[1]

General (SAMPLE history)

• Signs and Symptoms
• Allergies?
• Medications?
• Past pertinent history?
• Last oral intake?
• Event leading to present illness (rule out trauma)?

Physical Examination

• Vitals
• Interventions?
• Transport?
• Detailed physical examination?

Respiratory or Cardiac (OPQRST)

• Onset?
• Provokes?
• Quality?
• Radiates?
• Severity?
• Time?
• Interventions?

Trauma (DCAP-BTLS)

• Deformities?
• Contusions?
• Abrasions?
• Penetrations?

• Burns?
• Tenderness?
• Lacerations?
• Swelling?

Altered Mental Status

• Description of the episode
• Onset?
• Duration?
• Associated Symptoms?
• Evidence of Trauma?
• Interventions?
• Seizures?
• Fever?

Allergic Reaction

• History of Allergies
• What were you exposed to?
• How were you exposed?
• Effects?
• Progression?
• Interventions?

Poisoning / Overdose

• Substance?
• When did you ingest / become exposed?
• How much did you ingest?
• Over what time period?
• Interventions?
• Estimated Weight?

Environmental Emergency

• Source?
• Environment?
• Duration?
• Loss of Consciousness?
• Effects - general or local?

Obstetrics

• Are you pregnant?
• How long have you been pregnant?
• Pain or contractions?
• Bleeding or discharge?
• Do you feel the need to push?
• Last menstrual period?

Behavioral

• How do you feel?
• Determine suicidal tendencies
• Is the patient a threat to self or others?
• Is there a medical problem?
• Interventions?

Patient Assessment/Management-Trauma

• Airway
• Breathing
• Circulation
• Focused or Rapid Assessment

References

• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians [2].

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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content

Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .