4/25/2024 1:39:02 AM	FIRE 708 Course Outline as of Fall 2018	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FIRE 708	Title:  BASIC FIRE/EMC PRACTICES
Full Title:  Basic Fire/EMC Practices
Last Reviewed:8/28/2017

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	0	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	0	Lab Scheduled	0		17 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	6.00			Contact DHR	105.00
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00

Title 5 Category:  Non-Credit
Grading:  Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
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Catalog Description:

A skills development course designed to provide the emergency responder student with manipulative and technical operations and procedures.  Cognitive and psychomotor skills will be evaluated to enhance training in fire fighting, extrication, rescue, and emergency care.  Student may use computer lab or simulators, psychomotor skills practice and performance practice to meet the standards of the course.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

A skills development course designed to provide the emergency responder student with manipulative and technical operations and procedures.  Cognitive and psychomotor skills will be evaluated to enhance training in fire fighting, extrication, rescue, and emergency care.  Student may use computer lab or simulators, psychomotor skills practice and performance practice to meet the standards of the course.

(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

Demonstrate the ability to meet the minimum, cognitive and psychomotor skill criteria for state certified fire and emergency medical care courses.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the skills and competencies to prepare for fire fighting, rescue, and patient care

    and management.

2. Identify the practices of self-contained breathing apparatus, ropes and knots, ladders, hose

    evolutions, and physical fitness agility.

3. Identify the practices of patient assessment and management of medical and trauma

    emergencies.

4. Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills as they relate to

    Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the fire service.

5. Demonstrate and apply knowledge learned using computer based instructional programs for

    EMS and fire curriculum.

Topics and Scope

I. Skills Development

    A.  Fire fighting operations

    B.  EMS patient management

    C.  Physical fitness agility.

II. Patient Management

    A. General patient assessment and initial management

    B. Airway and ventilation management

    C. Pathophysiology of medical and trauma emergencies

    D. General pharmacology

    E. Medical terminology

III. Fire Fighting Equipment Practices

    A. Self-contained breathing apparatus

    B. Ropes and knots

    C. Ladders

    D. Hose

Assignments:

The student will:

1. Analyze and identify basic procedures and practices from a written skills sheet.

2. Demonstrate identified manipulative skills and performance scenarios for the

    emergency responder.

3. Complete self-paced workbook exercises, role-playing scenarios, and written homework

    assignments.

4. Quizzes (1 - 5)

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Analysis of scenarios
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 40 - 50%
Performance exams and scenarios
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 20%
Quizzes: multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations. 6th ed. IFSTA. 2013 (classic)

Paramedic Emergency Care. 3rd ed. Bledsoe, Bryan and Porter, Robert and Shade, Bruce. Brady. 1996 (classic)

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