NREMT Test Preparation and EMT Classroom Lecture Podcast

NREMT & EMT Lectures and Prep - Medical Acronyms - Season 2

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Popular medical acronyms to be used during your patient assessments:

AEIOUTIPS

AVPU

DCAPBLSTICS

SAMPLE

HAM

DRGERM

OPQRST

SLUDGE

PERRL

NREMT & EMT Lecture and Prep - Medical Overview Lecture 1 of 7 - Season 2

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After this lecture, the EMT should understand the need for a proper patient assessment when responding to patients whose chief complaint is medical in nature. The EMT should be able to differentiate between medical and traumatic emergencies but realize a patient may be suffering from both as well as the following knowledge domains:

Common Medical Emergencies

Nature of Illness determination

The Medical Patient Assessment 

Proper Patient Transport and Destination

Define Infectious and Communicable Diseases

NREMT & EMT Lecture and Prep - Shock Lecture - Season 2

 

The EMT will learn about shock (hypoperfusion), perfusion, the signs and symptoms of shock, types of shock, causes of shock, and the specific treatment for the different shocks.

Pathophysiology of Shock

Causes of Shock

Types of Shock

Signs and Symptoms of Shock

Compensated versus Decompensated Shock

Assessment for Shock

Emergency care for Shock

 

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NREMT - EMT Lectures and Prep - Patient Assessment - Season 2

In this lecture, students will learn about the patient assessment. Unlike other lectures, the patient assessment here will be broken up into five sub-lectures which are scene size-up, primary assessment, history taking, secondary assessment, and patient reassessment. Students will also learn how to use SAMPLE, PENMAN, AVPU, and OPQRST.

 

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Hello Everyone, the NREMT - EMT Podcast series has been developed into a written study guide which corresponds with the actual lectures of Season 2. The first study guide to drop is the Foundation Block. Based on your comments and reviews, there might be future study guides.

EMT - Pharmacology - Lecture 2 of 2 Pharmacology Block Season 2

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This lecture/podcast is part of the Pharmacology Block series. By the end of this lecture, the student should have an understanding of the following:

Knowledge Domains:

• Define the following key terms:
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Intended Effects
  • Indications
  • Side Effects
  • Unintended Effects
  • Untoward Effects
  • Contraindications
• Generic versus Trade name medication
• Enteral versus Parenteral medications
• Routes of medication administration
  • Rectal
  • Oral
  • Intravenous
  • Intraosseous
  • Subcutaneous
  • Intramuscular
  • Inhalation
  • Sublingual
  • Transcutaneous
• Forms of medications
  • Solid
  • Liquid
  • Gas
• The Six Rights of Medication Administration
• Direct Orders versus Standing Orders
• Peer-assisted, Patient-assisted and EMT-administered medications
• Medications used by EMTs – Lecture 1 of the Pharmacology Block
• Medications administration to pediatrics, geriatrics, and pregnant patients
• Steps for auto-injector
• Understanding patient medications (prescribed and OTC)
• Medication Errors

EMT - Life Span Development - Lecture 6 of 6 Foundation Block - Season 2

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In this lecture, students will be introduced to the various aspects of the aging process and how humans change from the time of birth to older age and the associated physiological changes within the body.  

 

Knowledge Domains 

• Know the following terms to designate a stage of life 
• Infant 
• Toddlers 
• Preschoolers 
• School-age children 
• Adolescents/teenagers 
• Early adults 
• Middle adults 
• Physical and psychosocial characteristics of these groups 

EMT - the Human Body Anatomy and Physiology - Lecture 5 of 6 Foundation Block - Season 2

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This lecture/podcast is part of the Foundational Block series. By the end of this lecture, you should have a fundamental knowledge of the human body to include the topography and planes of the body as well as the anatomy and physiology of the body systems.  

 Knowledge Domains 

•  Human Body Topography 
• Anatomy 
• Planes of the Body 
• Anatomy and Physiology of the  
  • Skeletal System 
  • Musculoskeletal System 
  • Respiratory System 
  • Circulatory System 
  • Nervous System 
  • Integumentary System 
  • Digestive System 
  • Lymphatic System 
  • Endocrine System 
  • Urinary System 
  • Genital System 
• Life Support Chain 
• Aerobic Metabolism 
• Anaerobic Metabolism 
• Pathophysiology 

EMT - Medical Terminology - Lecture 4 of 6 Foundation Block - Season 2

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In this lecture the student will be exposed to the basics of medical terminology and how medical terms are composed and how an EMT can break up a word to understand the meaning of the word. This lecture will also expose the EMT student to the body planes to help enhance how an EMT documents injuries. 

Knowledge Domains 

• Purpose of Medical Terminology 
• The four components of a medical term 
• Breaking down medical terms 

• Interpret medical abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols 
• Understand directional terms and body positions 

EMT - Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues - Lecture 3 of 6 Foundation Block - Season 2

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In this module, students will become familiar with the legal and ethical side to emergency medicine. We will discuss issues associated with Advanced Directives, Consent, Confidentiality, and End of Life Issues. If there is any area an EMT will get in trouble it is this area. 

Knowledge Domains: 

• Consent, what is it and how does it apply to emergency medicine? 
• Understand the several types of consent: 
  • Actual, Expressed
  • Implied 
  • Involuntary 
• Minors and consent 
• When can you forcible restrain a patient? 
• EMT’s roles and responsibilities when a patient refuses treatment and transport. 
• HIPPA 
• DNRs and EMS 
• Signs of Death 
  • Physical 
  • Presumptive 
  • Definitive 
• Organ Donors 
• Standards of Care  
• Scope of Practice 
• Duty to Act 
• EMT can commit the following: 
  • Negligence
  • Abandonment 
  • Assault 
  • Battery 
  • Kidnapping 
• Legal reporting requirements of the EMT 
• Ethics and morality 
• Role of the EMT in court