Alvin Community College. Emergency Medical Technology Program

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1 Alvin Community College Emergency Medical Technology Program Syllabus EMMT EMS Operations Paramedic Program Pearland TBA Lead Instructor: Douglas, NREMT-P, BA Cell: dstevenson@alvincollege.edu Office: S Alvin Office hrs: Wed 1-4pm, by appointment Spring 2012

2 EMSP 2338 EMS Operations Spring 2012 Credits: 3 EMS Operations is an on-line Black Board course. The students read the textbook and refer to the lesson slides to prepare for the chapter quizzes. The student does not complete, they will be given a grade of "I" incomplete for the course and the student will have until the next semester to complete this requirement by August 20, ADA Statement This college will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the policy of ACC to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities. It is the student's responsibility to contact the ACC Counseling Center in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations. HIPPA Confidentiality The undersigned hereby acknowledges his/her responsibility under applicable Federal and State law and Agreement between Alvin Community College and clinical/ ambulance affiliations to keep confidential any information regarding Hospital/Ambulance patients, as well as all confidential information of the EMS/ Hospital agencies. The undersigned agrees, under the penalty of law, not to reveal to any person or persons except authorized clinical staff and associated personnel any specific information regarding any patient and further agrees not to reveal to any third party any confidential information of Hospital/ EMS agency, except as required by law or authorized by Hospital. Course Description A detailed study of the knowledge and skills necessary to reach competence to safely manage the scene of an emergency. Rationale At the end of this unit, the student will be able to safely manage medical incidents, rescue situations, hazardous material incidents, legal situations, and crime scenes. Methods of Acccomplishing Objectives The course has two main modules; Module 1: Intro/ Legal/ Ethics and Module 2: EMS Ops/ ICS/ NIMS/ EVOC. Students have three assignments in Module 1 and seven assignments in Module 2. Each module has a major exam. The students will also take the National Incident Management System (NIMS courses 100b, 200, 700a, and 800 courses online. They will then the course completion certificates to their instructor. The course will use Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, 3 rd Ed. Bledsoe, Prentice_Hall, as the main textbooks using Volumes 1 and 5 as per the attached course schedule. The successful evaluation of mastery of course objectives will be accomplished through reading the materials and passing the on-line courses, assignments, major exams, and a final examination. Grading System A = B = Below 80% Final average less than 80% denotes failure.

3 Assignments Assignments are to be completed using the attached recommended course schedule and course knowledge objectives. The students will be allowed two times to pass the quizzes. The highest retest score on the exams will be an 80%. The students must make 80% on the EMS Operations Black Board two major exams and the course final with two chances to pass the majors and the final examination. Students are responsible for all drops except administrative drops. The last date to drop a course is 4/ 1/2012, 5 pm. Student evaluations are based on completion of all quizzes, majors, projects, tours, and final written examination. Gaining Access to the Course If you have any problems logging in, please me at dstevenson@alvincollege.edu or texting a message to my cell phone at We will get your access fixed so you can complete the course. Textbooks Required: Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice, Volumes 1, 5, 3rd Edition Bledsoe, Brady/Prentice-Hall NIMS National Incident Management System Courses, 100b, 200, 700a & 800 at this link: NIMS certificates to : dstevenson@alvincollege.edu Final Exam will be given in the Black Board course that goes with this course in May 2012.

4 Alvin Community College EMS Operations - EMSP 2338 Internet/ Black Board 1/30 to 5/ 7/2012 Doug Date Topic Assignments Faculty 1/30 Module 1 Introduction to Advanced Pre-hospital Care Well Being of the Paramedic EMS Systems PC Vol. 1, Ch 1-3 2/13 Module 2 Roles and Responsibilities of the Paramedic Injury and Illness Prevention Injury Prevention Organization Project PC. Vol. 1, Ch 4 PC. Vol. 1, Ch 5 PDF, 3 Pages 2/27 Module 3 Ethics in Advanced Pre-hospital Care Medical Legal Aspects of Advanced Care Legal EMS Situations Project PC. Vol. 1, Ch 6 PC. Vol. 1, Ch 7 PDF, 3 pages 3/19 Module 4 Operations Major II (Vol. 1, Ch 1-7) Ambulance Deployment/ Staffing Ambulance Standards/ Maintenance Safe Ambulance Operations/ Checking PC: Vol. 5 Ch 8 DOT EVOC Module 5A NIMS IS-100b Introduction to Incident Command Test Module 5B NIMS IS-200b ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents Test Module 5C NIMS IS-700 Introduction to NIMS Test Module 5D NIMS IS-800b Intro Natl Response Framework Disaster Drill Participation Report, PDF 3 Pages Test 4/16 Module 6 Hazardous Materials Incidents Crime Scene Awareness Rural EMS PC: Vol. 5, Ch 11 PC: Vol. 5, Ch 12 PC: Vol. 5, Ch 13 Operations Major II (Vol. 5, Ch 8-12, NIMS) 4/ 3 to 5/ 7 Final Examination - Computer PC Vol 1, Ch 1-7 PC Vol 5, Ch 8-13 NIMS 100, ,800

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