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ForwardEvergreen Fire EMT CE Refresher Abdominal, Genitourinary, Orthopedic and Environmental Emergencies Feb 23, 2026
After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand how to manage a patient with abdominal and genitourinary trauma. The student will learn how to recognize life threats associated with these injuries and the need for immediate intervention. The curriculum includes detailed anatomy and physiology of the abdominal and genitourinary systems as well as the pathophysiology, complications, assessment, and management of abdominal and genitourinary injuries. The assessment section is very comprehensive and follows the primary and secondary model. Specific injuries discussed include blunt versus penetrating mechanisms, evisceration, impaled object, injuries to external genitalia, vaginal bleeding secondary to trauma, and sexual assault. Emergency care skills include management of blunt abdominal injury, penetrating abdominal injury, and abdominal evisceration.
After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system. They will have learned the proper assessment for a suspected and obvious injury. They will have learned general and specific types of musculoskeletal injuries including fractures, sprains, and dislocations, with associated signs, symptoms, and emergency treatment including the use of splints and traction splints.
After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand the physiology of environmental injuries. They will have learned the proper assessment and management of general and specific types of environmental emergencies including hypothermia, local cold injuries such as frostbite, and heat exposure illnesses such as heatstroke. They will learn the associated signs and symptoms and emergency treatment of drowning; diving emergencies; high-altitude sickness; lightning strikes; and bites and envenomations from spiders, hymenoptera (eg, bees, yellow jackets, wasps, and ants), snakes, scorpions, ticks, and marine life.
Target Audience
Evergreen EMS providers
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the abdomen; include an explanation of abdominal quadrants and boundaries and the difference between hollow and solid organs. (pp 1118–1121)
2. Describe some special considerations related to the care of pediatric patients and geriatric patients who have experienced abdominal trauma. (pp 1121, 1125)
3. Define closed abdominal injuries; provide examples of the mechanisms of injury (MOI) likely to cause this type of trauma, and common signs and symptoms exhibited by patients who have experienced this type of injury. (pp 1121–1122)
4. Define open abdominal injuries; include the three common velocity levels that distinguish these injuries, provide examples of the MOI that would cause each, and describe common signs and symptoms exhibited by patients who have experienced this type of injury. (pp 1121–1123)
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system. (pp 1146–1151)
- Name the four mechanisms of injury. (pp 1151–1152)
- Describe the different types of musculoskeletal injuries, including fractures, dislocations, amputations, sprains, and strains. (pp 1151–1158)
- Recognize the characteristics of specific types of musculoskeletal injuries. (pp 1151–1158, 1169–1191)
- Differentiate between open and closed fractures. (pp 1152–1153)
6. Explain how to assess the severity of an injury. (p 1158)
7. Describe the emergency medical care of the patient with an orthopedic injury. (pp 1163–1192)
1. Identify the four factors that affect how a person deals with exposure to a cold or hot environment. (pp 1201–1202)
2. Describe the five ways heat loss occurs in the body, and how the rate and amount of heat loss or gain can be modified in an emergency situation. (pp 1202–1203)
3. Describe the four general stages of hypothermia. (pp 1203–1205)
4. Describe local cold injuries and their underlying causes. (pp 1205–1206)
5. Describe the process of providing emergency care to a patient who has sustained a cold injury, including assessment of the patient, review of signs and symptoms, and management of care. (pp 1209–1210)
6. Explain the importance of following local protocols when rewarming a patient who is experiencing moderate or severe hypothermia. (p 1209)
7. Describe the three emergencies that are caused by heat exposure, including the risk factors, signs, and symptoms. (pp 1211–1213)
Primary Instructors
Annie Dorchak, Course Coordinator, completed CO EMS edu admin class & EMS Primary Instructor, EMS Capt.
Quatro (Dorrence) Roderick - unknown if completed CO EMS edu admin class, EMS Primary instructor, EMS Capt.
Sarah Provins - EMS Primary instructor, Paramedic/Community Paramedic
Julian Masnicki - EMS Primary instructor, Paramedic
Tony Shepperdson - EMS Primary instructor, Paramedic
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
- 3.00 Trauma