Alvin Community College
Emergency Medical Technology Program
Syllabus
EMMT 2338 - EMS Operations
Paramedic Program
Pearland TBA
Lead Instructor: Douglas Stevenson, NREMT-P, BA
Cell: 713-503-3183
[email protected]
Office: S-165 - Alvin
Office hrs: Wed 1-4pm, by appointment
EMSP 2338 EMS Operations Spring 2012 Credits: 3
EMS Operations is an on-line Black Board course. The students read the textbook and refer to the lesson slides to prepare for the chapter quizzes. The student does not complete, they will be given a grade of "I" incomplete for the course and the student will have until the next semester to complete this requirement by August 20, 2012.
ADA Statement
This college will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the policy of ACC to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified
individuals who are students with disabilities. It is the student's responsibility to contact the ACC Counseling Center in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
HIPPA Confidentiality
The undersigned hereby acknowledges his/her responsibility under applicable Federal
and State law and Agreement between Alvin Community College and clinical/
ambulance affiliations to keep confidential any information regarding
Hospital/Ambulance patients, as well as all confidential information of the EMS/ Hospital
agencies. The undersigned agrees, under the penalty of law, not to reveal to any person
or persons except authorized clinical staff and associated personnel any specific
information regarding any patient and further agrees not to reveal to any third party any
confidential information of Hospital/ EMS agency, except as required by law or
authorized by Hospital.
Course Description
A detailed study of the knowledge and skills necessary to reach competence to safely manage the scene of an emergency.
Rationale
At the end of this unit, the student will be able to safely manage medical incidents, rescue situations, hazardous material incidents, legal situations, and crime scenes.
Methods of Acccomplishing Objectives
The course has two main modules; Module 1: Intro/ Legal/ Ethics and Module 2: EMS Ops/ ICS/ NIMS/ EVOC. Students have three assignments in Module 1 and seven assignments in Module 2. Each module has a major exam. The students will also take the Homeland Security National Incident Management System (NIMS courses 100b, 200, 700a, and 800 courses online. They will then email the course completion certificates to their instructor.
The course will use Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, 3rd Ed. Bledsoe, Prentice_Hall, as the main textbooks using Volumes 1 and 5 as per the attached course schedule.
The successful evaluation of mastery of course objectives will be accomplished through reading the materials and passing the on-line courses, assignments, major exams, and a final
examination .
Grading System
A = 90-100 B = 80- 89 Below 80%
Assignments
Assignments are to be completed using the attached recommended course schedule and course knowledge objectives. The students will be allowed two times to pass the quizzes. The highest retest score on the exams will be an 80%.
The students must make 80% on the EMS Operations Black Board two major exams and the course final with two chances to pass the majors and the final examination.
Students are responsible for all drops except administrative drops. The last date to drop a course is 4/ 1/2012, 5 pm.
Student evaluations are based on completion of all quizzes, majors, projects, tours, and final written examination.
Gaining Access to the Course
If you have any problems logging in, please email me at [email protected] or texting a message to my cell phone at 713-503-3183. We will get your access fixed so you can complete the course.
Textbooks
Required: Paramedic Care: Principles and Practice, Volumes 1, 5, 3rd Edition Bledsoe, Brady/Prentice-Hall
NIMS – National Incident Management System Courses, 100b, 200, 700a & 800 at this link:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
Email NIMS certificates to : [email protected]
Alvin Community College
EMS Operations - EMSP 2338
Internet/ Black Board 1/30 to 5/ 7/2012 Doug Stevenson
Date Topic Assignments Faculty
1/30 Module 1
Introduction to Advanced Pre-hospital Care Well Being of the Paramedic
EMS Systems
PC Vol. 1, Ch 1-3 Stevenson
2/13 Module 2
Roles and Responsibilities of the Paramedic Injury and Illness Prevention
Injury Prevention Organization Project
PC. Vol. 1, Ch 4 PC. Vol. 1, Ch 5 PDF, 3 Pages Stevenson 2/27 Module 3
Ethics in Advanced Pre-hospital Care Medical Legal Aspects of Advanced Care Legal EMS Situations Project
Operations Major II (Vol. 1, Ch 1-7) On-Line
PC. Vol. 1, Ch 6 PC. Vol. 1, Ch 7 PDF, 3 pages Stevenson 3/19 Module 4
Ambulance Deployment/ Staffing Ambulance Standards/ Maintenance Safe Ambulance Operations/ Checking
PC: Vol. 5 Ch 8 DOT EVOC
Stevenson
4/ 2 Module 5A
NIMS IS-100b Introduction to Incident Command http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
Homeland Security On-Line Test On-Line 4/ 2
Module 5B
NIMS IS-200b ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
Homeland Security On-Line Test On-Line
4/ 2 Module 5C
NIMS IS-700 Introduction to NIMS http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
Homeland Security On-Line Test On-Line 4/ 2
Module 5D
NIMS IS-800b Intro Natl Response Framework
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp
Disaster Drill Participation
Homeland Security Report, PDF 3 Pages On-Line Test On-Line 4/16 Module 6
Hazardous Materials Incidents Crime Scene Awareness Rural EMS
Operations Major II (Vol. 5, Ch 8-12, NIMS)
PC: Vol. 5, Ch 11 PC: Vol. 5, Ch 12 PC: Vol. 5, Ch 13 On-Line
Stevenson
4/ 3 to 5/ 7 Final Examination - Computer PC Vol 1, Ch 1-7
PC Vol 5, Ch 8-13 NIMS 100, 200 700,800
