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Emergency Medical Technician [microform]
Bib ID 5587292
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Author
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center on Education and Training for Employment
 
Description [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995 
106 p. 
Summary

This document, which is designed for use in developing a tech prep competency profile for the occupation of emergency medical technician, lists technical competencies and competency builders for 18 units pertinent to the health technologies cluster in general and 4 units specific to the occupation of emergency medical technician. The following skill areas are covered in the general units: employability; professionalism; teamwork; computer literacy; documentation; infection control and risk management; medical terminology; anatomy, physiology, and pathology; medical law and ethics; psychology of stress; psychology of human relations; first aid and medical emergencies; general administrative duties; vital signs; nutrition; basic pharmacology; examinations; and laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures. The 4 units specific to the occupation of emergency medical technician list a total of 82 competencies in the following areas: phlebotomy (collecting, transporting, and processing blood samples); first responder (roles/responsibilities; medicolegal aspects of being a first responder; performing basic first aid, assessment, evacuation, and transport procedures); emergency technology (applying Center for Disease Control guidelines, assessing and treating patients); and emergency services (understanding/using emergency medical service communication systems, performing emergency medical services, managing selected medical emergencies). (MN)

Notes

Sponsoring Agency: Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education.

ERIC Note: In: Tech-Prep Competency Profiles within the Health Technologies Cluster; see CE 070 086.

Teachers.

Practitioners.

May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/

Reproduction Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. 
Subjects Allied Health Occupations Education.  |  Anatomy.  |  Biomedical Equipment.  |  Career Development.  |  Communicable Diseases.  |  Competence.  |  Competency Based Education.  |  Computer Literacy.  |  Disease Control.  |  Emergency Medical Technicians.  |  Employment Qualifications.  |  Equipment Utilization.  |  Ethics.  |  First Aid.  |  High Schools.  |  Human Relations.  |  Legal Responsibility.  |  Malpractice.  |  Medical Evaluation.  |  Medical Services.  |  Medical Vocabulary.  |  Negligence.  |  Nutrition.  |  Pathology.  |  Pharmacology.  |  Physiology.  |  Recordkeeping.  |  Risk Management.  |  Safety.  |  Stress Management.  |  Teamwork.  |  Tech Prep.  |  Technical Occupations.  |  Two Year Colleges.  |  Emergency Medical Services  |  Phlebotomy
Form/genre Guides, Classroom
Other authors/contributors Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center on Education and Training for Employment
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