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Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program

Course Outline

  1. Introduction
    Concepts and Components of Critical Care Transport
    Aeromedical Considerations
    Flight Physiology
    Medical Legal Aspects
    Infection Control
     
  2. Airway Management
    Assessment
    Nasal/oral airways
    Endotracheal intubation
    RSI
    LMA
    Tracheotomies
    Cricothyrotomy
     
  3. Breathing Management
    Assessment
    Oxygen therapy
    BVM
    Ventilators
    End tidal CO2
    Chest tubes
    Needle thoracotomy
     
  4. Circulation Management
    Assessment
    Shock
    12-lead ECGs
    Dysrhythmias
    IV Fluids
    IV pumps
    Pressure infusers
    Hickman lines
    Central lines
    Swanz Ganz catheters
    Blood administration
    Arterial Line management
    Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring
    Cardiac arrest review
    Electrical therapy
    Intra-aortic balloon pump
    Lab data interpretation
     
  5. Pharmacological Management
    Analgesics
    Sedatives
    Paralytics
    Induction agents
    Antiarrhythmics
    Antihypertensives
    Antianginals
    Thrombolytics
    Vasopressors
    Bronchodilators
    Pharmacological calculations
     
  6. G.I.-G.U. Management
    Assessment
    Naso/orogastric tubes
    Foley catheters
    Colostomies
    Dialysis/AV shunts
    GI drains/feeding tubes
     
  7. Neurologic Management
    Assessment
    Physical & chemical restraints
    Spinal immobilization
    Intracranial pressure monitoring
     
  8. Complications of Transport & Specialty Patients
    Burns
    Pediatric Transport Considerations
    Emergency Labor and Obstetric Considerations
    Special Needs Children

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