EMT Lesson Plans

Chapter 23-29: Trauma Lab I

National EMS Education Standard Competencies

Various Trauma Chapters Applies knowledge of general anatomy and physiology to patient assessment and management in order to assure appropriate care for injuries of various types.

Skills Objectives 1. Demonstrate proper emergency medical care of a patient who has experienced a blunt abdominal injury. (p 979) 2. Demonstrate proper emergency medical care of a patient who has a penetrating abdominal injury with an impaled object. (pp 979– 980) 3. Demonstrate how to apply a dressing to an abdominal evisceration wound. (pp 980–981) 4. Demonstrate the care of musculoskeletal injuries. (p 1018–1020, Skill Drill 29-2) 5. Demonstrate how to apply a rigid splint. (p 1021–1022, Skill Drill 29-3) 6. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of closed soft-tissue injuries. (p 817) 7. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of a patient with an open chest wound. (pp 817–819) 8. Demonstrate how to control bleeding from an open soft-tissue injury. (pp 817–819, Skill Drill 24-1) 9. Demonstrate the emergency medical care of a patient with an open abdominal wound. (p 819) 10. Demonstrate how to stabilize an impaled object. (pp 820–821, Skill Drill 24-2) 11. Demonstrate the stabilization of a foreign object that has been impaled in a patient’s eye. (pp 862–864, Skill Drill 25-2) 12. Demonstrate the care of a patient who has a penetrating eye injury. (pp 863–864) 13. Demonstrate how to control bleeding from a neck injury. (pp 874–875, Skill Drill 25-3) 14. Demonstrate how to perform a jaw-thrust maneuver on a patient with a suspected spinal injury. (pp 907–908) 15. Demonstrate how to perform manual in-line stabilization on a patient with a suspected spinal injury. (pp 908–909, Skill Drill 26-1) 16. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury to a long backboard. (pp 909–911, Skill Drill 26-2) 17. Demonstrate how to apply a cervical collar to a patient with a suspected spinal injury. (pp 917–918, Skill Drill 26-5) 18. Demonstrate the assessment of neurovascular status. (pp 1015–1017, Skill Drill 29-1) 19. Demonstrate how to apply a cervical collar to a patient with a suspected spinal injury. (pp 917–918, Skill Drill 26-5) 20. Demonstrate how to immobilize a patient with a suspected spinal injury who was found in a sitting position. (pp 911–914, Skill Drill 26-3) 21. Demonstrate the assessment of neurovascular status. (pp 1015–1017, Skill Drill 29-1) 22. Demonstrate how to apply a pneumatic antishock garment (PASG). (p 1031–1032, Skill Drill 29-9) 23. Demonstrate how to apply a Hare traction splint. (pp 1026–1028, Skill Drill 29–7)