Fall 2024 Monday/Wednesday Evening EMT Original Course

BROOME COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES

New York State EMT-B Original Curriculum

August 21, 2024 through December 19, 2024

 

Instructor:  Laura Kotsubka, CIC, EMT-CC

Location:  Binghamton University; Science Library Third Floor Rooms 306, 310, 302

Time:  Monday and Wednesday 6:00-10:00PM and some Saturdays 8AM-4PM; ALL total 180 hrs. (REQUIRED)

Textbook:  Prehospital Emergency Care, 11th Ed. Mistovich/Karren (Textbook only required) ISBN # 0134704452

Required Online Self Study (free): ICS 100 and ICS 700.a; AWR-358; WMD Awareness (AWR-160)

Date

Sess

Chapter

Topic

Hrs

Instructor

Weds

8/21

1

1

 

2

Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research and Public Health

Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Sat

8/24

2

 

 

3

6

11

Lifting and Moving Patients

Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, Hx Taking

Practical Skills: Lifting & Moving Patients

Practical Skills: Vital Signs

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

8/26

4

3

4

5

Medical, Legal & Ethical Issues

Documentation

Communication

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

8/28

5

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

8/31

6

 

7

 

7

LAB

Quiz ch. 1-6 and 11

Anatomy, Physiology & Medical Terminology

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Wed

9/4

8

8

9

Pathophysiology

Life Span Development

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Sat

9/7

9

 

10

15

 

EXAM 1

Shock and Resuscitation

ASHI BLS

CPR SKILLS AND EXAM

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

9/9

11

 

10

Quiz Ch 7,8,9

Airway Ventilation Oxygenation

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

9/11

12

12

13

Scene Size Up

Patient Assessment

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Mon

9/16

13

14

Quiz Ch 10,12,13,15

Ch 14 Pharmacology

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

9/18

14

EXAM 2

Exam Ch. 1-15

Review

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Sat

9/21

15

 

 

16

 

16

17

LAB

Medication Quiz

Respiratory Emergencies

Cardiovascular Emergencies

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

 

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

9/23

17

 

18

19

20

Quiz Ch 16,17

Altered Mental Status/Stroke/Headache

Seizures and Syncope

Acute Diabetic Emergencies

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

9/25

18

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

9/28

19

20

LAB

Extrication

Extrication

4.0

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

9/30

21

 

22

Quiz Ch 18-20

Toxicologic Emergencies

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Wed 10/2-6

 

 

No Classes - Rosh Hashanah

 

 

Mon

10/7

22

21

23

Anaphylactic Reactions

Abdominal/Hematologic/Gyn/GI/Renal Emerg

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

10/9

23

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Fri 10/11

 

 

NO CLASS – Yom Kippur

 

 

Mon

10/4

24

 

24

25

26

Quiz Ch 21-23

Environmental Emergencies

Submersion Incidents: Drowning/Diving Emer

Psychiatric Emergencies

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

10/16

25

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

10/21

26

 

27

28

29

30

Quiz Ch 24-26

Trauma Overview: Trauma Patient & System

Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma

Burns

Musculoskeletal Trauma

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

10/23

27

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

10/26

28

 

29

LAB

 

EXAM 3

31

32

LAB

Review

Exam Ch 16-30

Head Trauma

Spinal Injury & Spinal Motion Restriction

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

10/28

30

 

33

34

35

Quiz Ch 31,32

Eye/Face/Neck Trauma

Chest Trauma

Abdominal & Genitourinary Trauma

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Weds

10/30

31

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

11/4

 

32

 

 

 

36

38

Quiz 33,34,35

Multi Sys Trauma in Special Pt Populations

Pediatrics

4.0

 

 

Laura Kotsubka

Wed

11/6

33

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

 11/9

34

35

LAB

45

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

MCI & Incident Management

4.0

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

11/11

36

 

37

Quiz Ch 36,38

Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

11/3

37

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

11/16

38

 

 

39

 

LAB

 

39

40

41

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

Quiz Ch 37

Geriatrics

Patients with Special Challenges

The Combat Veteran

4.0

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Mon

11/18

 

40

 

 

 

42

43

Quiz Ch 39, 40, 41

Ambulance Operations & Air Medical

Gaining Access & Patient Extrication

4.0

 

 

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed

11/20

41

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka&

Lab Instructors

Mon

11/25

42

 

     44

     46

Hazardous Materials

EMS Response to Terrorism & WMD

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Wed 11/27

-12/1

 

NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK

 

 

Mon

12/2

43

 

LAB

Practical skills: Skills to Date

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Wed

12/4

44

LAB

Practical Skills: Skills to Date

4.0

Laura Kotsubka &

Lab Instructors

Sat

12/7

  45

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam (By Appointment)

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Sun

12/8

  45

 

 

NYS Practical Skills Exam (By Appointment)

4.0

4.0

PSE Coord and Staff

Mon 12/9

 

 

End of Course Paperwork due to NYS

 

 

Mon

12/9

46

FINAL EXAM

EXAM 4 CH. 31-46

 

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

 

Weds

12/11

 

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Mon

12/16

 

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

Weds

12/18

 

Optional

Group Review Session (Optional)

4.0

Laura Kotsubka

INSTRUCTOR: Laura Kotsubka, AEMT-CC, (607) 725-3785, email kotsubka@binghamton.edu

If you have any problems or concerns do not hesitate to call:

Liz Mednansky, Broome County EMS Officer at 607-778-8672, email liz.mednansky@broomecountyny.gov

ICS 100 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.c

ICS 700 (required)  https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-700.b

WMD (required)   https://teex.org/class/awr160/

AWR-358 (required)  https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/AWR-358%20dL