R1
Introduction to EMS and EMS Skills Lab
Skills to Include:
-Backboarding
-Splinting
-Moving Patients
-Tourniquet Use and Wound Management
-Football Helmet Removal
-12 Lead EKG/Monitor
Nursing/Paramedic Skills Shift
Rotation Objectives:
Be able to start IVs without the use of ultrasound guidance
Understand different needle gauges and flow rates associated with them
Describe difficulties and work-arounds for starting IVs
Learn to spike an IV bag and set it to run to gravity
Understand basic IV pump operations
Understand the differences between straight needles for blood draws and IVs
Be able to tell which tube goes to which lab department for testing
Learn which tube color goes to frequently used labs in the emergency department
***Please print the sheets linked above and take with you to your shift***
Please wear scrubs to this rotation.
(While all of the learning objectives listed are important to your education, the major emphasis of this rotation is for you to get a better appreciation of what the nursing staff does and to learn to start peripheral IVs)
Respiratory Skills Shift
Rotation Objectives:
Be able to setup a nebulizer treatment using the correct medication and flow rate
Describe oxygen delivery devices and the approximate FiO2 delivered with each as well as the indications and contraindications to each
Effectively operate the bipap/cpap machine and be able to set appropriate settings
Effectively operate the ventilator and be able to set appropriate settings
Describe the waveforms and values associated with capnography
***Please print the sheets linked above and take with you to your shift***
Please wear scrubs to this rotation.
Dispatch Observation Shift
Rotation Objectives:
Understand how EMS/Fire/Police dispatch systems work
Understand the advanced directions given by dispatch
Understand the timeframe from call received, to dispatch, to arrival or EMS/First Responders, to arrival at hospital
Learn appropriate radio etiquette, language
Describe different EMS dispatch systems
Understand the different certifications required for dispatchers
***Please print the sheets linked above and take with you to your shift***
Please wear scrubs or business casual attire to this rotation.
http://www.mcohiosheriff.org/support_services/dispatch/regional_dispatch.php
Montgomery County Dispatch: 460 Vantage Point, Miamisburg, OH 45342
https://www.ketteringoh.org/location/kettering-government-center/
Kettering Dispatch: Kettering Government Center, 3600 Shroyer Rd., Kettering, OH 45429
ALS Ride-Alongs
Dayton Fire Department Ride-Along Sheet 1
Dayton Fire Department Ride-Along Sheet 2
***Please print the sheet linked above and take with you to your shift. It needs to be signed by a supervisor***
You will only need the DFD Ride-Along sheets if assigned to a DFD station
Please wear scrubs or business casual attire to this rotation - Probably something you don't mind getting bloody or full or vomit, just in case...
DO NOT wear anything that identifies you as a a physician!
ICS Courses
ICS-100 (Must have FEMA SID to complete)
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b
ICS-700 (Must have FEMA SID to complete)
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=is-700.a
Registering for a FEMA SID