1 Reese Campus Course Syllabus COURSE: EMSP 1501.200 (5:3:7) Emergency Medical Technician, Basic SEMESTER: Spring 2012 CLASS TIMES: Monday through Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. INSTRUCTOR: Jim Majorowski, L.P. OFFICE: Reese Center, Building 5, Room 517B OFFICE HOURS: 7:30am – 8:30am and 12:00pm -1:00pm Monday thru Thursday OFFICE PHONE: 806-716-4802 E-MAIL: [email protected] “South Plains College improves each student’s life.” GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an introduction to the level of emergency medical technician – basic, and includes all the skills necessary to provide emergency medical care at the basic life support level with an ambulance service or other specialized services. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will: 1. Understand the roles and responsibilities of an EMT-Basic within an EMS System. 2. Be able to apply the basic concepts of development, pathophysiology, and pharmacology to assessment and management of emergency patients. 3. Be able to take a history and perform a comprehensive physical exam on any patient and communicate those findings to other healthcare providers. 4. Be able to communicate effectively with patients. 5. Be able to establish and/or maintain a patent airway, oxygenate, and ventilate a patient. 6. Be able to recognize and treat minor and life threatening medical emergencies. 7. Be able to recognize, treat, and interact with patients from special populations. COURSE OBJECTIVES - At the completion of this course the student will have: (C-1, C- 4, C- 5, C-6, C-7, C-8, C-9, C-12, C-13, C-14, C-15, C-16, C-19, C-20; F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-8, F-9, F-10, F-12, F-13, F-14, F-15, F-16) 1. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies in the recognition and treatment of prehospital emergencies. 2. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies of prehospital cardiac emergencies. 3. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies of prehospital medical emergencies. 4. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective competencies of prehospital care and treatment of special populations. 5. The cognitive, psychomotor and affective competencies of pre-hospital emergencies at the EMT – Basic entry-level. EVALUATION METHODS ACADEMIC INTEGRITY It is the aim of the faculty of South Plains College to foster a spirit of complete honesty and a high standard of integrity. The attempt of any student to present as his or her own any work which he or she has not honestly performed is regarded by the faculty and administration as a most serious offense and renders the offender liable to serious consequences, possibly suspension.2 Cheating - Dishonesty of any kind on examinations or on written assignments, illegal possession of examinations, the use of unauthorized notes during an examination, obtaining information during an examination from the textbook or from the examination paper of another student, assisting others to cheat, alteration of grade records, illegal entry or unauthorized presence in the office are examples of cheating. Complete honesty is required of the student in the presentation f any and all phases of coursework. This applies to quizzes of whatever length, as well as final examinations, to daily reports and to term papers. Plagiarism - Offering the work of another as one's own, without proper acknowledgment, is plagiarism; therefore, any student who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical expression of material taken from books, encyclopedias, magazines and other reference works, or from themes, reports or other writings of a fellow student, is guilty of plagiarism. SCANS and FOUNDATION SKILLS Refer also to Course Objectives. SCANS and Foundation Skills attached. VERIFICATION OF WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES – Upon successful completion of this course, the student will receive a Certificate of Completion required for application to take the state certification exam. Students must successfully complete this course in order to enroll in EMSP 1338, 1355, 1356, 2248 and 1161. Please refer to the EMS Clinical Skills Notebook. SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION TEXT AND MATERIALS Brady Emergency Care 12th Edition Textbook Brady Emergency Care 12th Edition Workbook ATTENDANCE POLICY ATTENDANCE POLICY (*READ CAREFULLY) “Punctual and regular class attendance is required of all students attending South Plains College. There are no excused absences. Students are responsible for all class work covered during absences from class, even in cases in which they are able to satisfy the instructor that the absence was unavoidable.” (South Plains College Student Guide, 2011-2012, pp.20) “Whenever absences become excessive and, in the instructor’s opinion, minimum course objectives cannot be met due to absences, the student should be withdrawn from the course.” (South Plains College General Catalog, 2011-2012, pp.20) Due to the importance of the emergency medical information being taught, the instructor of this course defines excessive absences as missing the 3rd class day (or having equivalent tardies) in a course section. A student who meets this criteria will be administratively dropped from the course by the instructor. Tardies: (Definintion): arriving any time after the class has started or not returning from an approved break after class has started. Two tardies will be considered missing one class day and counted as such. Work schedule is not an excuse for missing class.3 Any exceptions to this policy must be discussed on an individual basis with the course instructor and the EMS Program Director. (i.e. – student hospitalization, immediate family member death, etc.) ASSIGNMENT POLICY All assignments must be completed by the assigned date. Late and/or incomplete work will not be accepted, and a grade of zero will be recorded. Assignments, quizzes, exams, and skills that are missed due to an unexcused absence may not be made up. GRADING POLICY - Grades in this course will be determined using the following criteria: A minimum of 75% on all exams, quizzes and assignments is required. There are no retakes for quizzes. One (1) retake is permitted for the Final Exam. Final semester grades will be based on the following: Homework/Quizzes 05% Modular Exams 45% Final Exam 50% Grading Scale: 90-100 A 80-89 B 75-79 C <75 F At the completion of each