Domain 3 - Acute Care Skills

     The following table is a list of links to pages that describe how to perform these skills often with other background material.  Below that are objectives used to guide the inclusion of material in teaching.

Acute Care Objectives

Teaching Objective 1:

The student will demonstrate the ability to implement an emergency action plan (EAP).

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will demonstrate the ability to implement an EAP for an activity, setting, or event.

2.            The student will correctly triage emergency situations.

Teaching Objective 2:

The student will demonstrate the ability to apply first-aid techniques using universal precautions.

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will demonstrate the ability to

a.            manage open and closed wounds

b.            apply direct and indirect pressure to control bleeding

c.             clean, debride, and protect an open wound

d.                  apply superficial skin closures

e.                  properly apply and remove gloves and other personal protective equipment

f.                    properly dispose of biohazardous waste

g.            apply appropriate dressings

h.            apply ice, compression, and elevation to an acute sprain, strain, or contusion

Teaching Objective 3:

The student will demonstrate the ability to apply immobilization devices to applicable body parts.

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will demonstrate the ability to

a.            select and apply an appropriate splint to a sprain, strain, fracture, subluxation, and dislocation

b.                  stabilize and spine board or body splint an adult or child with a suspected spinal injury

Teaching Objective 4:

The student will recognize and manage environmentally related injuries and illnesses and, when indicated, refer the patient to the proper medical professional.

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will evaluate and manage the following:

a.    heat exhaustion                                                               c.     heat stroke

b.    heat syncope                                                                     d.    hypothermia

Teaching Objective 5:

The student will demonstrate the ability to perform basic life-support techniques.

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will demonstrate the ability to

                a.            establish and manage an airway

b.            establish and manage an airway in an athlete wearing protective headgear

c.             perform CPR on an adult or child with or without a spinal injury

d.            use a bag-valve-mask (BVM) on an adult or child for rescue breathing

e.            use a protective pocket mask/shield on an adult or child for rescue breathing

Teaching Objective 6:

The student will demonstrate the ability to use various methods of stabilization and transportation to facilitate the movement or ambulation of the injured person.

Specific Outcomes

1.            The student will demonstrate the ability to

a.            stabilize and transport an adult or child with a head and/or spinal injury

b.            stabilize and transport an adult or child with a fracture and/or dislocation

c.             select, fit, and instruct the patient in the use of crutches

d.            select, fit, and instruct the patient in the use of a cane

e.            transport an injured adult or child using a manual conveyance technique

f.             perform two-person CPR

g.            assist a drowning victim