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Activity
e-Learning Module
EMS (Emergency medical system). Scope of practice of firefighters and primary care paramedics.

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and other health care professionals.
  • Describe the role of other health professionals in the management of the patient in the ED.
  • Categorize skill sets and scopes of practice of prehospital providers and identify where situations require on-scene treatment versus urgent transportation.

Tags

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
MCC Blueprint
Assessment/Diagnosis
McMaster Program Competencies
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Clinical Clerkship [I02.358.399.450.110] Clinical Decision-Making [E01.055] Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297] Emergency Responders [M01.526.427.001] Emergency Treatment [E02.365] Firefighters [M01.526.373.400] Paramedics [M01.526.427.001.252]

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • EM Medical Expert (presenting problems)
  • Diagnosis in the ER
  • Emergency Medicine Manager
  • Procedural Skills in the ER
  • Interpretive skills in the ER
  • Communication Skills in the ER
  • Managing Acute Illness in the ER
  • Orientation to Emergency Medicine
  • Chest pain
  • Cardiac Arrest Workshop

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