First Responder

Upon successful completion of this program, the students will be able to:

1. Affective Domain: Be a role model of exemplary professional behavior including: but not limited to, integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance/personal hygiene, self-confidence, communications, time management, teamwork/ diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, and careful delivery of service. (Professionalism)
   1. Preparedness: the student consistently arrived on time with required materials and was ready to learn. Professional appearance: the student is dressed appropriately and is neat in appearance. No hygiene issues.
   2. Initiative: student demonstrates interest in EMS through actions and interactions with evaluator.
   3. Conduct: Student interacts with other in a respectful and empathetic manner. Demonstrates respectability and professional ethics.
   4. Careful Delivery of Service: Student follows policies, procedures & protocols. Uses appropriate safeguards in the performance of duties
2. Psychomotor Domain: Perform a First responder level patient assessment.
   1. Perform a comprehensive history and physical examination to identify factors affecting the health and health needs of a patient. (Assessment)
   2. Formulate a field impression based on an analysis of comprehensive assessment findings, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. (Assessment)
   3. Relate assessment findings to underlying pathological and physiological changes in the patient’s condition. (Assessment) d. Integrate and synthesize the multiple determinants of health and clinical care. (Assessment)
   4. Perform health screening and referrals. (Assessment) · Safely and effectively perform all psychomotor skills within the National EMS Scope of Practice Model and the New Mexico Scope of Practice at the First responder level. (Psychomotor Skills)
3. Cognitive Domain: Perform First responder level decision making in the content areas of: (a) preparatory, (b) airway/respiration/ventilation, (c) cardiology/resuscitation/ECG, (d) trauma, (e) medical/obstetrics/gynecology, and (f) EMS operations
   1. Anticipate and prospectively intervene to improve patient outcome. (Decision Making)
   2. Perform basic and advanced interventions as part of a treatment plan intended to mitigate the emergency, provide symptom relief, and improve the overall health of the patient. (Decision Making)
   3. Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and modifies treatment plan accordingly. (Decision Making)
   4. Knowledge: the student can recall common terms, facts, principles and basic concepts in EMS.
   5. Problem Solving: the student uses knowledge to solve a previously encountered situation.
   6. Evaluation: the student can judge the appropriateness of actions and can defend his/her decisions.