Medical College of Georgia's CCEMTP
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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