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# STARK STATE COLLEGE GENERAL SYLLABUS

## Course Information

Course Name: Emergency Medical Technician (Perry Local CCP)

Course Number: EMS121

## Required Materials


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Textbook(s):</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Pearson. Prehospital Emergency Care, 12th edition (12th edition) Bundle. ISBN: 9780138282776; (Included with bundle: MyLab with eText Access, EMS Testing EMT Access, Platinum Planner Access.)</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Required Readings:</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>See weekly calendar below.</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Additional Materials:</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Watch with second hand, Stethoscope - (Purchased by student)</td></tr></table>

## Course Outline/Calendar

The date of coverage and order of coverage may be modified based on the faculty member and events beyond the control of faculty members that interfere with class times and teaching.


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>1</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 1 - Emergency Medical Service Systems, Research, and Public Health
Chapter 2 - Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
Chapter 3 - Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 6 - Lifting and Moving Patients

Review:
Chapter 1 - PowerPoints # 1-93
Chapter 2 - PowerPoints # 1-87
Chapter 3 - PowerPoints # 1-69
Chapter 6 - PowerPoints # 1-89

Course Certifications Due:
Ohio Trauma Triage
Rescue Task Force
Dementia Training
NIMS 100
NIMS 700</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 4 - Documentation
Chapter 5 - Communication
Chapter 7 - Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology (Pgs 145 – 175)</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review:
Chapter 4 PowerPoints # 1-71
Chapter 5 PowerPoints # 1-84
Chapter 7 PowerPoints # 1-93
Lab:
Lifting &amp; moving</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>3</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 7 - Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology (Pgs 176 – 201)
Chapter 8 - Pathophysiology
Chapter 10 - Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation (Pgs 245 – 272)
Review
Chapter 7 PowerPoints # 94-143
Chapter 8 PowerPoints # 1-96
Chapter 10 PowerPoints # 1-112</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>4</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 10 - Airway Management, Respiration, Ventilation, and Oxygenation (Pgs 273 – 315)
Chapter 9 - Life Span Development
Chapter 11 - Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
Chapter 12 - Scene Size-Up
Chapter 13 - Patient Assessment (Pgs 377-412)
Review
Chapter 10 PowerPoints # 113-242
Chapter 9 PowerPoints # 1-56
Chapter 11 PowerPoints # 1-122
Chapter 12 PowerPoints # 1-93
Chapter 13 PowerPoints # 1-180
Lab:
Airway management skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>5</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 13 - Patient Assessment (Pgs 413-481)
Chapter 14 - General Pharmacology and Medication Administration
Chapter 15 - Shock and Resuscitation
Review:
Chapter 13 PowerPoints # 181-361
Chapter 14 PowerPoints # 1-87
Chapter 15 PowerPoints # 1-159
Lab:
Vitals, Assessment skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>6</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 16 - Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 17 - Cardiovascular Emergencies
Review:
Chapter 16 PowerPoints # 1-181
Chapter 17 PowerPoints # 1-108
Lab:
Assessment, vitals, airway management skills</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>7</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 27 - Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
Chapter 28 - Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
Chapter 29 - Burns

Review:
Chapter 27 PowerPoints # 1-90
Chapter 28 PowerPoints # 1-182
Chapter 29 PowerPoints # 1-83

Lab:
Respiratory, Cardiac assessments and skills

Midterm</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>8</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 30 - Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
Chapter 31 - Head Trauma
Chapter 32 - Spinal Injury and Spine Motion Restriction
Chapter 33 - Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma

Review:
Chapter 30 PowerPoints # 1-138
Chapter 31 PowerPoints # 1-91
Chapter 32 PowerPoints # 1-228
Chapter 33 PowerPoints # 1-108

Lab:
Trauma assessment, Trauma skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>9</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 34 - Chest Trauma
Chapter 35 - Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Chapter 36 - Multi-system Trauma

Review:
Chapter 34 PowerPoints # 1-79
Chapter 35 PowerPoints # 1-49
Chapter 36 PowerPoints # 1-54

Lab:
Trauma assessment, trauma skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>10</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read:
Chapter 18 - Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
Chapter 19 - Seizures and Syncope
Chapter 20 - Acute Diabetic Emergencies
Chapter 21 - Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions

Review
Chapter 18 PowerPoints # 1-80
Chapter 19 PowerPoints # 1-53
Chapter 20 PowerPoints # 1-69
Chapter 21 PowerPoints # 1-66

Lab:
Airway management, trauma skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>11</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 22 - Toxicologic Emergencies And Infectious Diseases
Chapter 37 - Obstetrics and Neonatal Care

Review
Chapter 22 PowerPoints # 1-246
Chapter 37 PowerPoints # 1-161

Lab:
Diabetic, anaphylaxis, neurological assessment and skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>12</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 23 - Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 24 - Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 25 - Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies

Review
Chapter 23 PowerPoints # 1-173
Chapter 24 PowerPoints # 1-157
Chapter 25 PowerPoints # 1-74

Lab:
OB, and Toxicology assessment and skills</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>13</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 26 - Vulnerable Populations: Psychiatric Emergencies and Psychosocial Issues
• Dementia patients (1 hr)
Chapter 38 - Patients With Special Challenges
Chapter 39 - The Combat Veteran

Review
Chapter 26 PowerPoints # 1-117
Chapter 38 PowerPoints # 1-106
Chapter 39 PowerPoints # 1-37

Lab:
Skills review and practice</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>14</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 40 - Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
Chapter 41 - Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
Chapter 42 - Hazardous Materials

Review
Chapter 40 PowerPoints # 1-108
Chapter 41 PowerPoints # 1-71
Chapter 42 PowerPoints # 1-69

Lab:
Lab final starts</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>15</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Read
Chapter 43 - Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
Chapter 44 - EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents and High Threat and Active Shooter Incidents

Review
Chapter 43 PowerPoints # 1-60
Chapter 44 PowerPoints # 1-87

Lab:</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Lab final ends</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>16</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Final ExamOhio Psychomotor Exam</td></tr></table>