Medical Care Provider

MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER

This is a 36- hour course which provides the student with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct a primary and secondary survey of a sick and/or injured person, immobilize the patient, and begin immediate treatment to preserve life. These are all skills which typically must be performed before obtaining radio medical advice. 

The following topics are covered in this course:

•        The well-being of the First Responder (Medical First Aid Provider)
•         Medical, legal, and ethical issues
•         Lifting and moving patients
•         Airway management
•         Scene assessment
•         Vital signs
•         Trauma and medical patient assessment
•         Bleeding and shock
•         Soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries
•         Head and spine injuries
•         Cardiac and diabetic emergencies
•         Poisoning and overdose
•         Environmental emergencies
•         Sterilization
•         Radio medical advice
•         General pharmacology