First Responder: National Standard Curriculum

First Responder: National Standard Curriculum

United States Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration United States Department of Health and Human Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau

First Responder: National Standard Curriculum Instructor's Course Guide

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First Responder: National Standard Curriculum

Project Director

Walt Alan Stoy, PhD, EMT-P

Director of Educational Programs Center for Emergency Medicine Research Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Principal Investigators

Gregg S. Margolis, MS, NREMT-P

Associate Director of Education Center for Emergency Medicine

Thomas E. Platt, NREMT-P

Coordinator of EMS Education Center for Emergency Medicine

Medical Directors

Nicholas H. Benson, MD, FACEP

Acting Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine East Carolina University School of Medicine

Herbert G. Garrison, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Curriculum Development Group

Michael O'Keefe

State Training Coordinator Vermont

Bob W. Bailey

Chief, Office of EMS North Carolina

William E. Brown, Jr., RN, REMT-P

Executive Director National Registry of EMTs

Philip Dickison, REMT-P

Basic Level Coordinator National Registry of EMTs

Susan M. Fuchs, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Contract Number DTNH22-94-C-05123

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Table of Contents

Preface .......................................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgments..........................................................................................................viii Process........................................................................................................................... x Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation .................................................................................... x Integration with the Blueprint........................................................................................ xi Medical Oversight Statement ....................................................................................... xii

Instructor's Course Guide

Curriculum

History ........................................................................................................................... 1 Course Goals ................................................................................................................ 2 Diagram of Educational Model ...................................................................................... 4 Course Design............................................................................................................... 5 How to Use the Curriculum and Lesson Plans .............................................................. 9

Instructors

Assessing Student Achievement .................................................................................. 14 Philosophy Regarding Adult Learners.......................................................................... 17 Some Principles of Adult Education ............................................................................. 18 Continuing Education ................................................................................................... 20

Students

Job Description - First Responder................................................................................ 21 Continuing Education and Its Importance in Lifelong Learning .................................... 23

Environment

Classroom Environment ............................................................................................... 24 Clinical/Field Rotations................................................................................................. 24 Maintaining Records..................................................................................................... 24 Credentialing ................................................................................................................ 25 Program Evaluation ...................................................................................................... 25 Facilities ....................................................................................................................... 26 Course Cost.................................................................................................................. 26

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