Baton Rouge Community College
Academic Affairs Master Syllabus
Date Approved or Revised: 5/13/13
Course Name: Trauma Emergencies
Course Number: EMSE 206
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours:
3
Credit Hours: 3
Course Description:
Emphasizes the pathophysiology, assessment, and current treatment modalities for the pre hospital
patient with traumatic injuries. Discussions include the kinematics of trauma, burn management
multi-systems trauma, and environmental emergencies. Emphasis is placed on the advanced skills
of triage, injury prioritization, and fluid resuscitation. The basic skills of trauma care are also
reviewed.
Prerequisites: Completion of BIOL 110 with a grade of “C” or better and official admission to the
CTS or AAS Paramedic program.
Co-requisites:
None
Suggested Enrollment Cap: 16
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
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Integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field
impression to implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for an acutely injured patient
Integrate comprehensive knowledge of the causes and pathophysiology into the management of shock
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the pathophysiology, assessment and management of the
trauma patient
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the pathophysiology, assessment and management of
bleeding, chest, abdominal, genitourinary, orthopedic, soft tissue, head, facial, neck, spine, and nervous
system trauma.
Integrate assessment and management of trauma with comprehensive knowledge of special
considerations in trauma
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the pathophysiology, assessment and management of multisystem trauma
Assessment Measures: Assessment of all learning outcomes will be measured using the following
methods:
1. Instructor designed exams will collectively assess a portion of the learning outcomes and will be
administered during the semester as listed in the course syllabus.
2. Instructor designed comprehensive final exam will assess a portion of the learning outcomes
and will be administered at the end of the semester.
3. Instructor designed clinical/lab competency tool will be used to assess a portion of the learning
out comes and will be administered as listed in the course syllabus.
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Information to be included on the Instructor’s Course Syllabi:
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Disability Statement: Baton Rouge Community College seeks to meet the needs of its
students in many ways. See the Office of Disability Services to receive suggestions for
disability statements that should be included in each syllabus.
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Grading: The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus. Any
special practices should also go here. This should include the instructor’s and/or the
department’s policy for make-up work. For example in a speech course, “Speeches not
given on due date will receive no grade higher than a sixty” or “Make-up work will not
be accepted after the last day of class.”
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Attendance Policy: Include the overall attendance policy of the college. Instructors may
want to add additional information in individual syllabi to meet the needs of their
courses.
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General Policies: Instructors’ policy on the use of things such as beepers and cell phones
and/or hand held programmable calculators should be covered in this section.
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Cheating and Plagiarism: This must be included in all syllabi and should include the
penalties for incidents in a given class. Students should have a clear idea of what
constitutes cheating in a given course.
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Safety Concerns: In some programs this may be a major issue. For example, “No
student will be allowed in the safety lab without safety glasses.” General statements such
as, “Items that may be harmful to one’s self or others should not be brought to class.”
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Library/ Learning Resources: Since the development of the total person is part of our
mission, assignments in the library and/or the Learning Resources Center should be
included to assist students in enhancing skills and in using resources. Students should be
encouraged to use the library for reading enjoyment as part of lifelong learning.
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Expanded Course Outline:
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Trauma Overview
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Identification and Categorization of Trauma Patients
II.
Incidence/significance of Trauma
III.
Trauma System
IV.
Types of Injury
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Trauma Assessment
VI.
Role of Documentation in Trauma
VII. Trauma Scoring Scales
VIII. Trauma Center Designations
IX.
Transfer of patients to the most appropriate hospital
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Bleeding
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Incidence
II.
Anatomy and function
III.
Pathophysiology
IV.
Assessment consideration in Shock
V.
Shock Management strategies and considerations
VI.
Bleeding considerations
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Chest Trauma
I.
Incidence of chest trauma
II.
Traumatic Aortic Disruption
III.
Pulmonary Contusions
IV.
Blunt Cardiac Injury
V.
Hemothorax
VI.
Pneumothorax
VII. Cardiac Tamponade
VIII. Rib fractures
IX.
Flail Chest
X.
Commotio cordis
XI.
Tracheobronchial disruption
XII. Diaphragmatic rupture
XIII. Traumatic asphyxia
XIV. Pediatric considerations in chest trauma
4.
Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
I.
Incidence
II.
Vascular injury
III.
Solid and hollow organ injuries
IV.
Blunt vs. Penetrating Abdominal Injury
V.
Evisceration
VI.
Retroperitoneal injury
VII. Injuries to external genitalia
VIII. Age-related variations
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Orthopedic Trauma
I.
Incidence
II.
Pediatric fractures
III.
Tendon lacerations/transection/rupture (Achilles and patellar)
IV.
Open fractures
V.
Closed fractures
VI.
Dislocations
VII. Compartment syndrome
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Soft Tissue Trauma
I.
Incidence of soft tissue injury
II.
Anatomy and Physiology of soft tissue injury
III.
Pathophysiology of wound healing
IV.
Wounds
V.
Burns
VI.
High-pressure injection wounds
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Head, Facial, Neck, and Spine Trauma
I.
Introduction
II.
Unstable Facial Fractures
III.
Orbital Fractures
IV.
Perforated tympanic membrane
V.
Skull fractures
VI.
Penetrating neck trauma (non-cord involvement)
VII. Laryngeotracheal injuries
VIII. Spine trauma (non-CNS involvement)
IX.
Mandibular fractures
8.
Nervous System Trauma
I.
Incidence
II.
Cauda equine syndrome
III.
Nerve root injury (To be reviewed for inclusion later)
IV.
Peripheral nerve injury
V.
Traumatic brain injury
VI.
Spinal cord injury
VII. Spinal shock
9.
Special Considerations in Trauma
I.
Trauma in Pregnancy
II.
Pediatric Trauma
III.
Geriatric Trauma
IV.
Cognitively impaired patient
10.
Environmental Emergencies
I.
Incidence
II.
Submersion incidents
III.
Temperature-related illness
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VI.
Bites and Envenomation
Electrical injury – Lightning strikes
High altitude illness
11.
Multi-System Trauma
I.
Kinematics of trauma
II.
Multi-System Trauma
III.
Specific injuries related to multi system trauma
12.
Shock and Resuscitation
I.
Ethical Issues in Resuscitation
II.
Pre-Morbid Conditions
III.
Anatomy and physiology review
IV.
Physiology of normal blood flow
V.
Shock
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