PREPARATORY MODULE | ALS Training

MODULE CONTENT
EDUCATION STANDARDS
SESSION SPECIFIC
ASSESSMENTS

Session	Concept	Education Standard	Need to Know	Nice to Know
	How to Study			How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 1 of 5 How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 2 of 5 How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 3 of 5 How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 4 of 5 How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 5 of 5
	EMS Systems	Preparatory Module	Define online and offline medical direction Define credentialed, certified, licensed	What is EMS?
	Education			Education Agenda for the Future National EMS Core Content National EMS Scope of Practice National EMS Education Standards Paramedic Instructional Guidelines
	Patient Safety and EMS Errors		Types of errors Third leading cause of death
	Research		Will cover later in program
	Workforce Safety and Wellness		Infectious disease exposure policy Handwashing Stress management Resilience training	Workforce Safety Vehicle Operations Workforce Safety Infection Prevention Workforce Safety PPE Workforce Safety Injury Prevention Creating a culture of safety Cultural Competency for EMS Post exposure prophylaxis guidelines
2b	EMS Communications		Define base station, simplex, duplex, and multiplex radio operations, landline, trunked system, enhanced 911 (e911) Central tenets of therapeutic communication Central tenets of culturally sensitive communication Radio consult template #1 Radio consult template #2	EMS Communications Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Health Care
2a	Documentation		Define subjective, objective information Patient care reporting requirements (pages 9-11) Refusal process (pages 296-301) Patient refusals and High Risk Chief Complaints – Dr. Stone	Good documentation is your best defense Transport practices
	Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues		Define assault, battery, defamation, libel, slander, due process, scope of practice, consent, informed consent, expressed consent, implied consent, in loco parentis, emancipated minor, negligence, malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, abandonment, advance directive, living will, power of attorney, good samaritan, Ryan White Act General awareness of HIPAA, EMTALA, PHI, confidentiality EMTALA for interfacility transport (pages 46-47) Understand mandatory reporting laws in Maryland Understand factors that determine an individual’s decision-making capacity (pages 296-301) Understand restraint and use-of-force protocols (pages 74, 128, 304-306) List elements of negligence Review Maryland DNR / MOLST protocol (pages 74-85)	Ethics in EMS Medical Legal Issues EMTALA Case EMTALA (search for “paramedic”)