EMS2004 — International Trauma Life Support Provider
EMS 2004 - International Trauma Life Support Provider EMS 2004 - International Trauma Life Support Provider Hours/Week: Lecture 0.5 Lab 0.5 Course Description: The ITLS Provider course covers the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of trauma patients. This course emphasizes patient assessment and management evaluation steps and includes sequencing and techniques for resuscitation and packaging a patient. Hands-on stations include: basic and advanced airway, chest decompression and fluid resuscitation, spinal motion restriction-rapid extrication, helmet management, log roll and long back board, and traction splints. MnTC Goals None ESSENTIAL INFORMATION a. Introduction to Traumatic Disease b. Trauma Assessment and Management c. Assessment Skills d. Hemorrhage Control and Shock e. Shock and Hemorrhage Control Skills f. Airway Management g. Airway Skills 2. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE a. Thoracic Trauma b. Thoracic Trauma Skills c. Spinal Trauma and Spinal Motion Restriction d. Spine Management Skills e. Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury f. Abdominal Trauma g. Extremity Trauma h. Extremity Trauma Skills i. Traumatic Arrest 3. SPECIAL POPULATIONS a. Burns b. Pediatric Trauma c. Geriatric Trauma d. Trauma in Pregnancy e. The Impaired Patient 4. Appendices a. Standard Precautions b. Analgesia and Pain Control for the Trauma Patient c. Multicasualty Incidents and Triage Learning