Basic Trauma Course

First aid basics

• Medical emergencies
• Injury emergencies (handling of penetrating & gun shoot injuries)
• Environmental emergencies
• Adult CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use for cardiac arrest
• Optional modules in child CPR and AED use and infant CPR
• Patient assessment and management
• Basic and advanced airway management
• Spinal motion restriction—rapid extrication, short backboard, helmet management, log roll and long backboard/scoop stretcher utilization
• Extremity immobilization and traction splint application

Didactic:

• Scene Size-up
• Trauma Assessment and Management
• Airway Management- Basic
• Thoracic Trauma & Abdominal Trauma management
• Shock
• Head Trauma
• Spinal Trauma
• Thermal injuries and Extremity Trauma
• Burns
• Trauma Arrest
• Standard Precautions

• Patient assessment and management
• Basic airway management
• Spine management: Short SMR devices/Emergency rescue and rapid extrication
• Spine management: Log roll/Long backboard
• Traction splints