EMT Curriculum

Chapter 4: Non-Traumatic Ortho & ENT

National EMS Education Standard Competencies

Medicine

Applies fundamental knowledge to provide basic emergency care and transportation based on assessment findings for an acutely ill

patient.

Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and management of

• Nontraumatic fractures (pp 1007–1009, 1018–1047)

Knowledge Objectives

1. Understand the emergency medical care of the patient with an orthopaedic injury. (pp 1018–1048)