EMT Curriculum

4.12.F.1 Medical Lab I Station: Behavioral / Toxicology Instructor Guidance

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate how to use the AVPU scale to test for patient responsiveness. (p 262) 2. Demonstrate how to test pupil reaction in response to light in a patient and how to document his or her status correctly. (pp 264–265) 3. Demonstrate how to assist a patient with ventilations using the bag-mask device for one and two rescuers. (p 354) 4. Demonstrate the insertion of a nasal airway. (pp 341–342, Skill Drill 9-5) or 5. Demonstrate the insertion of an oral airway. (pp 339–340, Skill Drill 9-3) 6. Demonstrate the techniques for assessing a patient’s airway and correctly obtaining information related to respiratory rate, rhythm, quality/character of breathing, and depth of breathing. (pp 265–269) 7. Demonstrate how to assess a radial pulse in a responsive patient and an unresponsive patient. (pp 270–272) 8. Demonstrate how to assess a carotid pulse in an unresponsive patient. (pp 270–272) 9. Demonstrate how to perform a rapid scan of a patient. (pp 275–277, Skill Drill 8-1)

Equipment: -

Cohort Bag

Reeves

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Deployment:

DO NOT LECTURE – your students should be working hands-on within 5 minutes of arriving

Deploy your students in one team – one student should be patient, the rest rescuers. The patient should sit in a chair and look distressed.

Have them transition through the scenario on the back of this sheet like any other scenario from a scenario lab day.

Debriefing:

Give students feedback on the case after it is complete. Some points to discuss:

- Did they do a full assessment including ABC’s?

Did they administer oxygen?

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Did they do a secondary exam including:

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Breath sounds

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- What was the relevance of the 100 SPO2? (the patient has CO poisoning and he pulse oximeter will be incorrectly high)

- Explain to the students that cherry red lips are a hallmark sign of CO poisoning but are actually pretty rare in reality