Spring 2024 Monday/Wednesday Evening EMT Original Course

 

           

BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES

New York State EMT-B Original Curriculum

January 17, 2024 through May 16, 2024  Course Number 264071

 

Instructor:  Laura Kotsubka, CIC, EMT-CC

Location:  Binghamton University; Science Library Third Floor Rooms 306, 310, 302

Time:  Monday and Wednesday 6:00-10:00PM and some Saturdays 8AM-4PM; ALL total 180 hrs. (REQUIRED)

Textbook:  Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Ed. Mistovich/Karren (Textbook only required) ISBN # 0134704452

Required Online Self Study (free): ICS 100 and ICS 700.a; IC-5.A; WMD Awareness

Date

Sess

Chapter

Topic

Hrs

Instructor

Weds

1/17

1

1

 

2

Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research and Public Health

Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Sat

1/20

2

 

 

3

6

11

LAB

Lifting and Moving Patients

Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, Hx Taking

Practical Skills: Lifting & Moving Patients

Practical Skills: Vital Signs

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

1/22

4

3

4

5

Medical, Legal & Ethical Issues

Documentation

Communication

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

1/24

5

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

1/27

6

 

7

 

7

LAB

Quiz ch. 1-6 and 11

Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

1/29

8

8

9

Pathophysiology

Life Span Development

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

1/31

9

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

2/3

10

 

11

15

 

EXAM 1

Shock and Resuscitation

ASHI BLS

CPR SKILLS AND EXAM

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/5

12

 

10

Quiz Ch 7,8,9

Airway Ventilation Oxygenation

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

2/7

13

12

13

Scene Size Up

Patient Assessment

 

Laura Kotsubka

Mon

2/12

14

14

Quiz Ch 10,12,13,15

Ch 14 Pharmacology

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

2/14

15

EXAM 2

Exam Ch. 1-15

Review

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Sat

2/17

16

 

 

17

 

16

17

LAB

Medication Quiz

Respiratory Emergencies

Cardiovascular Emergencies

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/19

18

 

18

19

20

Quiz Ch 16,17

Altered Mental Status/Stroke/Headache

Seizures and Syncope

Acute Diabetic Emergencies

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

2/21

19

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

2/26

20

21

22

23

Anaphylactic Reactions

Toxicologic Emergencies

Abdominal/Hematologic/Gyn/GI/Renal Emerg

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

2/28

21

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Quiz Ch 18-20

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

 

 

 

No Class Spring Break 3/4-8/2024

 

 

Mon

3/11

22

 

24

25

26

Quiz Ch 21-23

Environmental Emergencies

Submersion Incidents: Drowning/Diving Emer

Psychiatric Emergencies

 

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/13

23

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

3/18

24

 

27

28

29

30

Quiz Ch 24-26

Trauma Overview: Trauma Patient & System

Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma

Burns

Musculoskeletal Trauma

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/20

25

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

3/25

26

 

EXAM 3

31

32

Review

Exam Ch 16-30

Head Trauma

Spinal Injury & Spinal Motion Restriction

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

3/27

27

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

3/30

28

 

 

29

LAB

 

33

34

35

LAB

Quiz Ch 31,32

Eye/Face/Neck Trauma

Chest Trauma

Abdominal & Genitourinary Trauma

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/1

 

30

 

 

36

38

Quiz 33,34,35

Multi Sys Trauma in Special Pt Populations

Pediatrics

4.0

 

 

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

4/3

31

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/6

32

33

LAB

45

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

MCI & Incident Management

4.0

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/8

34

 

37

Quiz Ch 36,38

Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

4/10

35

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/13

36

 

 

37

 

LAB

 

39

40

41

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Quiz Ch 37

Geriatrics

Patients with Special Challenges

The Combat Veteran

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/15

 

38

 

 

 

42

43

Quiz Ch 39, 40, 41

Ambulance Operations & Air Medical

Gaining Access & Patient Extrication

4.0

 

 

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

4/17

39

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka&

Lab Instructors

Sat

4/20

40

LAB

Extrication

Extrication

4.0

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/22

41

 

     44

     46

Hazardous Materials

EMS Response to Terrorism & WMD

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

4/24

42

 

LAB

Practical skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

4/29

43

 

LAB

Practical skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Wed

5/1

44

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

5/4

  45

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Sun

5/5

  45

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Mon 5/6

 

 

End of Course Paperwork due to NYS

 

 

Mon

5/6

46

 

REVIEW

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

5/8

47

FINAL EXAM

EXAM 4 CH. 31-46

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Mon

5/13

48

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

5/15

49

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

INSTRUCTOR: Laura Kotsubka, AEMT-CC, (607) 725-3785, email kotsubka@binghamton.edu

If you have any problems or concerns do not hesitate to call:

Liz Mednansky, Broome County EMS Officer at 607-778-8672, email liz.mednansky@broomecountyny.gov

ICS 100 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.c

ICS 700 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-700.b

WMD (required)  https://teex.org/Pages/Class.aspx?course=AWR160&courseTitle=WMD/Terrori

IC-5.A (required) https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-5.a

 

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