BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN - BASIC

COURSE SYLLABUS – class 08-01

March 25^th 2008 – July 15^th, 2008        Office: 384-3116 Check status at WWW.JHPCEMS.COM

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Tues and TH

TOPIC	DATE	READING ASSIGNMENT
Introduction to Emergency Care and the Well Being of the EMT Basic, WMD	Tuesday  March 25^th	Chapters 1 & 2 & 42
Medical Legal Issues The Human Body	Thursday March 27^th	Chapter 3 & 4
Comms and Docs QUIZ 1,2,3,4	Tuesday April 1^st	Chapter 10 & 11
Baseline vitals/SAMPLE hx/Scene size/Initial Imp	Thursday April 3^rd	Chapters 5 & 8
Lifting and Moving	Tuesday April 8^th	Chapter 6
Focused Hx and physical – trauma    TEST CUM	Thur  April 10^th	Chapter 9 & 26
Airway	Tuesday April 15^th	Chapter 7
Focused Hx Phy Exam Medical, Detailed physical – ongoing assessment	Thursday April 17^th	Chapter 9
Airway Practical	Tuesday April 22^nd	Handouts
Pharmacology Respiratory	Thursday April 24^th	Chapters 12 & 13
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Thursday – midterm exam)	Tuesday April 29^th Thursday May 1^st	CPR BOOK MUST BE COMPLETED CPR IS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION
PRACTICALS – patient assessment	Tuesday May 6^th	Staff
Diabetes, AMS, Allergic Response, Stroke	Thursday May 8^th	Chapters 15 & 18 & 16
PRACTICALS – patient assessment	Tuesday May 13^th	Staff
Poison, Overdose, Environmental	Thursday May 15^th	Chapters 19 & 20 & 22 & 23
Cardiovascular Part 1	Tuesday May 20^th	Chapter 14
Cardiovascular Part 2, Misc Injuries,TEST SINCE MT	Thursday May 22^nd	Chapter 14, 34
OB/GYN, Geriatrics	Tuesday May 27^th	Chapters 25 & 37
Muscoskelatal, Seizure, Syncope   QUIZ CARDIO	Thursday May 29^th	Chapter 30 & 17
PRACTICALS	Tuesday June 3^rd	STAFF
Head, neck and spine, Burn	Thursday June 5^th	Chapter 31 & 32 & 33 & 29
PRACTICALS	Tuesday June 10^th
Bleeding and Shock, Soft Tissue, Acute Abd	Thursday June 12^th	Chapter 27 & 28 & 21
PRACTICALS	Tuesday June 17^th	STAFF
Infants and children   TEST CUM	Thursday  June 19^th	Chapter 36
Behavioral PRACTICALS – TRAUMA	Tuesday June 24^th	Chapter 24
Access,Operations, Overviews, Hazmat, MCI	Thursday June 26^th	Chapters 38 & 39 & 40 & 41
Practicals Practicals Final review	Tuesday July 1^st Thursday July 3^rd Tuesday July 8^th	STAFF STAFF STAFF
Written Final and PRACTICALS EXAMS Remainder Final Practical  EXAMS	Thursday July 10^th Tuesday July 15^th	STAFF STAFF