Evergreen Fire December 2024 CE, LVADS & the EMS provider and EMS all topic review
This course will discuss Left Ventricular Assist devices LVADs and the EMS provider. It will review what patients are candidates for LVADs, What EMS providers need to be aware of if they should run on a patient who has and LVAD. It will discuss how to asses these patients especially what to look for with blood pressure. the course will review the Denver Metro Protocol regarding LVAD patients. It will describe steps on how to contact the LVAD coordinator. The course will end with review various EMS topics, protocols and procedures.
Target Audience
EMS providers
Learning Objectives
Objectives
Gina Scarbrough, NRP, FP-C
EMS Continuing Education approved by the State of Colorado through Common Spirit Prehospital Services Training Center and Group # CO 039 (SAH), #CO 040 (PSF)
Available Credit
- 0.25 Airway, Ventilation, Respiratory
- 1.00 Cardio
- 1.00 NCCP-Cardio: Ventricular Assist Devices
- 0.25 Medical
- 0.25 NCCP-Medical: Toxicological Emergencies - Opiods
- 0.25 Operations
- 0.00 NCCP-Operations: Pediatric Transport
- 0.25 Trauma