Emergency Medical Technician Basic Practical Skills ...

1 New York State Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Technician Basic Practical Skills Examination Sheets Rev 07/12. EMT Basic Practical Skills Examination Sheets Updates . Included on this page are the changes or updates that have been made to the EMT-B Practical Skills Examination Sheets. Any time the Bureau of EMS makes a change to the Skills sheets we will update this page. The date at the bottom of each Skills sheet will also be updated with the date of the most recent change. Date of Station # Changes Made Change 07/26/12 ALL Updated to meet the new National Education Standards. To be used for all courses testing on or after December 20, 2012.

2 New York State Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Technician Standardized Practical Skills Examination Skill Station 1: Mandatory: 1-A Patient Assessment Medical Mandatory: 1-B Patient Assessment Trauma Skill Station 2: Mandatory: 2 Cardiac Arrest Management/AED. Skill Station 3: Mandatory: 3 Bag-Valve-Mask Apneic with Pulse Skill Station 4: Optional Skills Choose 1 (candidate must blindly choose card denoting the station number to be tested). 4A Upper Airway Adjuncts and Suction 4B Supplemental Oxygen Administration 4C Bleeding Control/Shock Management Skill Station 5: Optional Skills Choose 1 (candidate must blindly choose card denoting the station number to be tested).

3 5A Spinal Immobilization Seated Patient 5B Spinal Immobilization Supine Patient Skill Station 6: Optional Skills Choose 1 (candidate must blindly choose card denoting the station number to be tested). 6A Immobilization Skills Long Bone 6B Immobilization Skills Joint Injury 6C Immobilization Skills Traction Splint Candidates who fail two skill stations or less on the Practical exam, may be retested on those Skills . Three or more failed stations constitutes a failure of the Practical examination and the candidate must complete a refresher or original course prior to being retested. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATION. Bureau of Emergency Medical Services 1-A.

4 EMT. PATIENT ASSESSMENT - Medical . INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE. This station is designed to test your ability to perform a patient assessment of a patient with a chief complaint of a Medical problem and voice treat all conditions discovered. You must conduct your assessment as you would in the field including communicating with your patient. You may remove the patient's clothing down to shorts or swimsuit if you feel it is necessary. As you conduct your assessment, you should verbalize everything you are assessing. Clinical information not obtainable by visual or physical inspection will be given to you after you demonstrate how you would normally gain that information.

5 You may assume that you have two EMTs working with you and that they are correctly carrying out the verbal treatments you indicate. You have ten (10) minutes to complete this skill station. Do you have any questions? NOTES. NYS Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Practical Skills Examination Emergency Medical Technician 06/12. Emergency Medical Technician NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Practical Examination Please Print STATION Candidate PATIENT ASSESSMENT Pass . 1-A Medical . Fail . Examiner Initials EMT. Date Start Time Stop Time . Points: Comments Takes, or verbalizes, body substance isolation precautions C.

6 SIZE-UP. SCENE. Determines the scene is safe C. Determines the mechanism of injury / nature of illness 1. Determines the number of patients 1. Requests additional help if necessary 1. Considers stabilization of spine 1. PRIMARY ASSESSMENT. Verbalizes general impression of the patient 1. Determines responsiveness/level of consciousness (AVPU) 1. Determines chief complaint/apparent life threats 1. Airway and Breathing Assess and maintains airway C. Initiates appropriate oxygen therapy C. Assures adequate ventilation C. Manages life threats to airway/breathing C. Circulation Assesses/controls major bleeding C. Assesses pulse C. Assesses skin (color, temperature, and condition) C.

7 Assesses airway, breathing & circulation prior to physical exam C. Identifies priority patient/updates responding EMS units with brief report C. Obtain baseline vital signs Pulse Rate (1) & Quality (1) (+/- 10) [1] 3. Respirations Rate (1) & Quality (1) (+/- 4) [1] 3. Blood Pressure Systolic (1) (+/- 10) Diastolic (1) (+/- 10) 2. ASSESSMENT. SECONDARY. Skin (color [1], temperature [1] & condition [1]) 3. HISTORY. Onset (1), Provocation (1), Quality (1), Radiation (1), Severity (1), Time (1) 6. Allergies (1), Medications (1), Pertinent Past History (1), Last oral intake (1), Events(1) 5. Assesses appropriate Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Neurological, body system Musculoskeletal, Integumentary, C.

8 GI/GU, Reproductive, Psychological/Social States general impression 1. Verbalizes appropriate interventions and treatment 1. REASSESSMENT States when will do reassessment/how often 1. Appropriately verbalizes report to arriving ambulance crew 1. Candidate completed station within 10 minute time limit C. Note: Candidate must complete all critical criteria and 33. receive at least 23 points to pass this station. NYS Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Practical Skills Examination Emergency Medical Technician 06/12. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATION. Bureau of Emergency Medical Services 1-B. EMT. PATIENT ASSESSMENT - TRAUMA.

9 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE. This station is designed to test your ability to perform a patient assessment of a victim of multi-system trauma and voice treat all conditions and injuries discovered. You must conduct your assessment as you would in the field including communicating with your patient. You may remove the patient's clothing down to shorts or swimsuit if you feel it is necessary. As you conduct your assessment, you should verbalize everything you are assessing. Clinical information not obtainable by visual or physical inspection will be given to you after you demonstrate how you would normally gain that information. You may assume that you have two EMTs working with you and that they are correctly carrying out the verbal treatments you indicate.

10 You have ten (10) minutes to complete this skill station. Do you have any questions? NOTES. NYS Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Practical Skills Examination Emergency Medical Technician 06/12. Emergency Medical Technician NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Practical Examination Please Print STATION Candidate PATIENT ASSESSMENT Pass . 1-B TRAUMA. Fail . Examiner Initials EMT. Date Start Time Stop Time . Points: Comments Takes, or verbalizes, body substance isolation precautions C. SIZE-UP. Determines the scene is safe C. SCENE. Determines the mechanism of injury / nature of illness 1.