Emergency Patient Assessment

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Emergency Patient Assessment
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What is it?

• Rapid thorough assessment
• Need to find immediately life-threatening
  conditions and treat them
• Done under a variety of different situations

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The Learners

• Primarily
• current firefighters (upgrade or maintain)
• Possibly
• College students
• Police or security services
• Other first responders

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Why E-learning?

• Diverse workplaces (impractical central
  locations)
• Possibility of interruptions
• Varying Abilities (academic and practical)
• Downtime
• Flexible start times (for entry) Community?

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What to include

• Ordered topics
• Quizzes for further access (able to fasttrack)
• Peer mentoring component (discussion forums,
  partner work on/off line)
• Video feeds for practical assessments?

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What to include

• Interactivity
• Video
• Interactive diagrams/charts
• Audio (heart rate, respirations, etc)
• Animations
• Case studies (real life scenario based)

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Organizing the Content

• Patient assessment is very structured
• Will include background (prior to section)
• Further content will be locked out until quizzes
  are completed
• Able to jump around after completion

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Assessment Skills
Background
Critical Interventions
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• This Section contains the basic background
  information required to perform a competent
  patient assessment.
• Topics include
• Infectious Disease
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Legal Issues
• Ethical Issues

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