D EPARTMENT of E MERGENCY H EALTH S ERVICES Transport C RITICAL C ARE Course Overview UMBC

DEPARTMENT of EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES

Transport

CRITICALCARE

Course Overview

UMBC

©2011University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Course Overview

Welcome to the Critical Care Transport Provider (CCEMTPSM) course!

This is an intensive course designed for experienced paramedics, nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians and physician assistants


Overview

• What this course is NOT:– This course is NOT a paramedic or nurse

“refresher” course– All students are expected to have an excellent

understanding of paramedicine and nursing prior to class

– Regardless of when you attended school, all students are required to be knowledgeable in current paramedic curriculum content (i.e. RSI, 12 lead interpretation, pharmacology, etc.)


Overview

• Students are recommended to have a minimum of one year experience as an EMT-P, RN, RT or PA prior to class

• The average experience level of students taking this class is approximately 10 years


Overview

• What this course IS:– This course is an introductory course to

critical care transport medicine concepts– No student can be expected to become a

master of all concepts by the end of this course

–Much of the material simply provides an introductory overview of concepts


Legal

• All of the material presented in this course is the sole property of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)– Objectives– Declaratives– PowerPoint™ slides– Testing materials


Legal

“The entirety of material contained herein is copyrighted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). All rights are reserved.

Reproduction, distribution, display, or the production of derivative works of any of these materials without UMBC’s expressed written permission is strictly prohibited.

Violators may be subject to civil and criminal penalties under United States copyright law, Title 17 United States Code Section 101.”


Disclaimer

• The CCEMTP course is not licensure and does not permit one to practice without medical oversight

• The material in this course has been exhaustively reviewed and every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy

• If any of the material in this course conflicts with your protocols, guidelines, or training, follow your agency’s specific directions


Disclaimer

• Throughout the CCEMTP course, specific brands and products may be discussed to familiarize the student

• UMBC has no commercial involvement with any of the products or brands mentioned

• The presence or absence of a specific product or brand does not constitute endorsement or lack of endorsement


Course Material

Module Objectives Module Declaratives


Course Material

• Objectives list the material that you should know prior to the start of class (italicized)

• Objectives also list the material that you will learn in class (non-italicized)

Module Objectives


Course Material

Module Declaratives

• The declaratives are your course textbook

• The declaratives are purposefully designed to give you more information than you will need for the lectures and the test


Course Material

• The slides present the material and concepts to which you will be tested

• The slides are designed to correlate with the course objectives and declaratives


Course Material

• No slides have been specially marked with material to remember for the test

• This includes underlined, highlighted, or italicized material


Course Material

Once again…

• NO SLIDES HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY MARKED with material to remember for the test!

• Slides are not available in hard-copy – the information is in your student guide.


Cell Phones, PDA’s, and Pagers

Please put all cell phones, PDA’s and pagers on “vibrate” or “silent” during class

Out of respect to other students and the instructors,

please refrain from texting, e-mailing, or web surfing on

your phones or PDAs during lectures

Bluetooth™ or other type devices are not permitted to be worn at any time during class or at clinical sites


Cell Phones, PDA’s, and Pagers

I will not use my phone, PDA, or pager in class I will not use my phone, PDA, or pager in class I will not use my phone, PDA, or pager in class I will not use my phone, PDA, or pager in class

I will not use my phone, PDA


Use of Computers

• The use of laptop computers is not allowed during class– Distracts other students– Disrespectful to the instructor(s)• Especially when surfing the Internet during

lectures

– Students who use laptops during class have demonstrated higher failure rates on the final exam


Student Conduct

• Be professional at all times in this course

• Respect the instructors and your fellow students

You are a representative of your organization!


Code of Ethics

• The following activities are examples of academic misconduct and will not be tolerated at any time during this course:

Cheating Lying

Unethical behavior Stealing of proprietary information

Illegal substance use Lack of respect for authority

Plagiarism Fabrication

Lack of respect to others Facilitating academic dishonesty

Criminal conduct Harassment

Discrimination Lack of professionalism


Code of Ethics

• You are required to maintain the highest level of academic integrity

• Respect the rules of the host agency and host facility

• Respect the open exchange of ideas• Your participation is vital to the class


Code of Ethics

• Failure to abide by the Code of Ethics can result in the following:– Dismissal from the program with no refund– Permanent disbarment from any UMBC

program– Notification to student’s employer/agency– Notifications to appropriate licensing

officials


Attire

• Please wear appropriate, professional attire at all times while in class or at clinical sites

• Always have a second set of clothes in case your clothes become contaminated during a “hands-on” lab


Attire

• Refrain from wearing uniforms during class unless required by your employer– Uniforms may be worn during clinical

rotations– Check with the Course Coordinator and

your individual agency policies


Attendance

• Students are required to attend 100% of the course

• Tardiness is not permitted in this program– Students who arrive later than 10 minutes

to class will need to report directly to the Course Coordinator

• UMBC recommends that students who miss more than one (1) hour of course time be dismissed from the program


Attendance

• Students must sign an attendance sheet at the beginning of each day, and then throughout the day

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they have signed the attendance roster for each class

• Failure to sign in for each class may result in denial of final exam testing


Attendance

• If any student is going to be tardy or absent to a class, they must contact the Course Coordinator and let them know

• Students who miss class due to illness or an emergency will be handled on an individual basis– Continued participation will be left up to

the Course Coordinator, Course Medical Director and UMBC.

– UMBC will have the final decision authority.


Attendance

• Students must complete the full day of education and are not allowed to leave class before dismissal at the end of the class day

• If you must leave early from class, you are required to check in first with the course coordinator


Outside Studying

• Students will have to study outside of the class in order to successfully pass the exam

• Successful students usually study between 2 – 3 hours each day after class

• Failure to study outside of the class will most likely result in failure of the final exam


Final Exam

• Each student will be given the opportunity to sit for the final exam, as long as the following requirements have been met:– 100% attendance for the length of the

course– Presentation of current pre-requisites as

previously determined by each site and UMBC


Final Exam

• Students who successfully complete the exam with a 70% or better will be awarded a CCEMTP certificate of completion, wallet card and a choice of either a CCEMTP pin or patch

• Certificates are valid for three years and should be renewed to maintain CCEMTP status with UMBC


Final Exam

• Individuals that do not successfully complete the exam with a 70% or better will be given the opportunity to retest twice, within one (1) year of the original exam date

• $25.00 fee for each retest• Retests will not be conducted until

twenty-four (24) hours has elapsed since the original test date and time


Final Exam

• Retests are offered at the following:– Pre-arranged course exams– National conferences which a UMBC

representative is attending– UMBC campus during normal business

hours

• Students must contact the Course Coordinator and UMBC to arrange a retest


CCEMTP Renewal

• Certified CCEMTP’s must maintain 36 hours of critical care continuing education every 3 years

• Any topic that would normally be covered in a CCEMTP course is acceptable for recertification


CCEMTP Renewal

• Examples of CEUs that will NOT count towards recertification:– CPR– ACLS– PALS / PEPP / NALS– ITLS– TNCC– Standard paramedic or nurse continuing

education


CCEMTP Renewal

• Examples of CEUs that will count towards recertification:– ATLS audit– Critical care conference classes– ICU clinical time– Physician grand rounds– Attending a CCEMTP course– FP-C and CCP-C certification prep courses


Required Textbook

Critical Care Transport• Publisher:– Jones and Bartlett

• Authors:– American Academy of

Orthopedic Surgeons– UMBC– American College of

Emergency Physicians


Recommended Textbooks

Mosby’s 2010 Nursing

Drug Reference• Publisher:–Mosby Elsevier

• Author:– Skidmore-Roth, L.


Recommended Textbooks

Introduction to Critical

Care Nursing• Publisher:– Saunders

• Author:– Sole– Klein–Moseley


Certification Exam Prep

• This course has been specifically designed to meet all of the testing objectives for the following certification exams:– Certified Flight Nurse™ (CFRN)– Certified Transport Nurse™ (CTRN)– Certified Flight Paramedic™ (FP-C)– Certified Critical Care Paramedic™ (CCP-C)


Certification Exam Prep

List of certification classes in order of difficulty:

NREMT-P NCLEX

CENCCEMT-P

CFRNCCP-C

FP-C

CTRN

CCRNDifficult

Basic


Questions

Documents

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