ems course


For NREMT purposes:
This course presents an ALS-level medical case and focuses on cardiology and respiratory systems.

6 CEH (AEMT/Paramedic)
CAPCE-approved

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View real emergency cases

Train in real anatomy

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What EMS professionals say:

☆☆☆☆☆

    “This is a great concept for CE. Very engaging!”     
 
-Lara Hardy, Clinical EMT – Paramedic I
Brazosport College EMS Program Director
Lake Jackson, Texas

☆☆☆☆☆

“This course was extremely educational and provided a valuable perspective on anatomy and disease processes that directly relate to patient assessment and care. The experience strengthened my understanding of underlying pathology and its clinical implications. Experiences like this help bridge the gap between textbook learning and real clinical practice.”
 
-Kristi B., AA, AS, NRP, EMTP
EMS Advanced Coordinator/Director
Training Division
Crowley, TX

“Very informative, and very interactive. The content really has taught a lot, and even corrected some notions that I have carried about some of the anatomy for a while now.  You have really done an awesome job with it.”
 
-Matthew S., CCP-C
MaineHealth, NH
“You have a provided a great platform here to introduce areas that have not been touched by other educators in EMS. I encourage to keep up the great work!”
 
-Jeffery S., B.S., NRP Community Paramedic
Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program Director, MN

This CE activity is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) for
6 AEMT CEH or 6 Paramedic CEH.

Cost  $149 

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Self-directed continuing education
6-month access. Complete at your own pace.

 
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Course description

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Simulate a field experience.
The patient is real.

In this course you’ll …

  • Follow and apply your own clinical assessment to a real EMS case
    • Review and assess real EMS records
    • View the patient’s actual external exam
    • Assess clinical data and decisions from the field
  • Check your clinical thinking against actual changes inside the body
    • Review the patient’s autopsy findings
    • See if you made the correct clinical decisions based on the clinical data
  • Strengthen your evidence-based assessment of the body
    • Learn from real, video-based human anatomy and pathology

Questions? info@autopsy.online

 

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Course Outline

 

Introduction

Welcome
Important – Terms and Privacy
How this course fits in with your career
Course level
What you’ll need
Tip: About the videos
Completing the course and downloading your certificate.

1 – Pre-assessment – Main Case Study

1-1 Introduction
1-2 Preliminary data – 1
1-3 Preliminary data – 2
1-4 Preliminary data – 3
1-5 Preliminary data – 4

2 – Digging deeper

2-1 More history to consider
2-2 Additional history – 1
2-3 Additional history – 2
2-4 Additional history – 3
2-5 Additional history – 4
2-6 Additional history – 6
2-7 New considerations
2-8 Get ready to look inside the body

3 -Heart within the chest

3-1 Heart within the chest – Introductory activity
3-2 Heart within the chest
3-3 Sketch
3-4 Short Case – 1
3-5 Short Case – 1 – sketch
3-6 Short Case – 2
3-7 Short Case – 2 – sketch
3-8 Discussion and Review

4 – Main Case Study – Heart within the chest

4-1 Main Case Study – Heart within the chest
4-2 Main Case Study – Sketch

5 – Pericardial sac

5-1 Pericardial sac – Introductory activity
5-2 Normal pericardium
5-3 Sketch
5-4 Short Case – introduction – 1
5-5 Short Case – introduction – 2
5-6 Short Case – introduction – 3
5-7 Short Case 1 – Pericardial sac
5-8 Short Case 1 – Your assessment
5-9 Short Case 2 – Pericardial sac
5-10 Short Case 2 – Your assessment
5-11 Short Case 3 – Pericardial sac
5-12 Short Case 3 – Your assessment
5-13 Short Case 4 – Pericardial sac
5-14 Short Case 4 – Your assessment
5-15 Short Case 5 – Pericardial sac
5-16 Short Case 5 – Assessment
5-17 Short Case 6 – Pericardial sac
5-18 Short Case 6 – Assessment
5-19 Discussion
5-20 Review

6 – Main Case Study – Pericardial sac

6-1 Pericardial sac – Main Case Study
6-2 Your Assessment
6-3 Your Analysis
6-4 Discussion

7 – Heart connections

7-1 Heart connections – Initial self-assessment
7-2 Make your model
7-3 Aorta and Pulmonary Artery – inside the pericardial sac
7-4 Superior vena cava – inside the pericardial sac
7-5 Inferior vena cava – inside the pericardial sac
7-6 Pulmonary veins
7-7 Tour of the heart connections – explanted heart
7-8 Review your model

8 – Main Case Study – Heart connections

8-1 Heart Connections – Main Case Study

9 – Heart external anatomy

9-1 Basic external anatomy
9-2 Anatomy pin identification – activity

10 – Main Case Study – Heart external anatomy

10-1 Heart external anatomy – Main Case Study

11 – Coronary arteries

11-1 Coronary arteries – self-assessment
11-2 Coronary arteries – basic famework
11-3 Coronary arteries – in detail
11-4 Lab 1 – Heart orientation
11-5 Lab 2 – Coronary artery exposure
11-6 Lab 3 – Coronary artery exposure
11-7 Lab 4 – Coronary artery removal
11-8 Lab 5 – Coronary artery removal
11-9 Lab 6 – Coronary artery removal
11-10 Lab 7 – Coronary artery plaque assessment
11-11 Summary video
11-12 Short Case 1 – basic vessels
11-13 Short Case 2 – coronary artery plaque
11-14 Short case 3 – coronary arteries

12 – Main Case Study – Coronary arteries

12-1 Coronary artery dissection – Main Case Study
12-2 Discussion

13 – Heart internal anatomy

13-1 Follow the blood flow
13-2 Right atrium
13-3 Valves
13-4 Fetal heart anatomy – introduction
13-5 Ductus arteriosus
13-6 Foramen ovale

14 – Main Case Study – Internal anatomy

14-1 Comment

15 – Additional vessels

15-1 Venous return to the heart
15-2 Branches of the aortic arch
15-3 Iliofemoral vessels
15-4 Short Case 1 – Additional vessels – 1
15-5 Short Case 1 – Additional vessels – 2

16 – Main Case Study – Central circulation

16-1 Main Case Study – Additional vessels
16-2 Main Case Studey – Additional clinical information

17 – Respiratory/Airway

17-1 Introduction
17-2 Anatomy pins – 1
17-3 Anatomy pins – 2
17-4 Anatomy pins – 3

18 – Airway – Main case study

18-1 Distal trachea
18-2 Larynx
18-3 Anatomy pins
18-4 Discussion

19 – Discussion

19-1 Summary and analysis
19-2 Final thoughts

20 – Accessing the Assessment

20-1 Important! About the Assessment (and how to access)
20-2 Tip: How do I check if I missed marking any lessons “Complete”?
20-3 Bibliography

EMS Assessment

Instructions
Required information: CAPCE Accreditation Management System (AMS)
Assessment – EMS Case Study with Clinical Anatomy Fundamentals
Course evaluation

 

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