Sierra Summit OEC CANDIDATE TRAINING
Date	Subject	Instructors
Dec 8	First Aid Room Orientation Rescue Equipment, Forms – Paperwork, Radio Protocol, Early a.m. sign in procedure, Scene Approach and Mechanism of Inquiry (MOI), Orientation x 4 (Ox4).
Dec 9	Patient Assessment Medical v. Physical Trauma (BSI), ABCDE, DCAP, BTLS, SAMPLE, OPQRST, Focused Survey, Standing Backboard (Ox4), Airway Management, Respiratory Issues, Circulatory Elevation, Bleeding – soft tissue injuries, Secondary/Ongoing Survey, BLS v. ALS (AED).
Jan 5	Review Patient Assessment Questions from 12/8-12/9, Review Scene Approach and MOI, Orthopedics Injuries – upper extremity (shoulder, upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, fingers); lower extremity (tib/fib, knee, foot, ankle, leg), Injuries at/or near a joint; Open v. Closed Fractures.
Jan 6	Patient Assessment Orthopedic Injuries – femur, pelvis; Spinal Injuries – back, neck, Head/Facial Injuries
Jan 19 -20	Patient Assessment Extraction Issues – recovery positions, lifts and loads; techniques, Immobilization Devices – backboard, hare traction splint, KED; Transfer Devices – backboard, stretcher, scoop, blanket/sheet; Transportation Devices – toboggan; positioning guidelines to various injuries, life sled, stretcher, backboard, scoop, improvised stretcher (2parkas)
Feb 2	Patient Assessment Common Medical Emergencies – (ABC, OPQRST, SAMPLE, Chief Complaint, Baseline Vitals, consent), Respiratory Emergencies - (COPD, Emphysema, Asthma, Airway Obstruction), Cardiovascular Emergencies -(Heart Attack-AMI, Congestive Heart Failure-CHF), Neurological Emergencies – stroke, seizures, altered mental status (hypoglycemia, intoxication, overdose or poisoning, unrecognized head injury), Common Medical Emergencies – acute abdomen (female – ectopicpregnancy), diabetes, allergic reactions – anaphylaxis, insect bites, human bites, food poisoning.
Feb 3	Patient Assessment Environmental Emergencies – hypothermia –cold, frost bite, high altitude sickness – AMS-acute mountain sickness, HACE – high altitude cerebral edema, HAPE – high altitude pulmonary edema, snow blindness, electrical injury, water rescue, ice rescue, Behavioral Emergencies – mental disorder – consent, violent patient (overdose/intoxication); Triage – MCI – mass casualty incident, 5 S’s Triage, “Start”; Terrorist Activity.
Feb 9	Practice Scenarios, Make-ups.
Feb 10	Practice Scenarios, Make-ups.
Feb 16	OEC testing on the hill.

2007-2008

OEC ADVISOR

John Higginbotham

Cell: 284-1190

Office:  431-5900

john.p.higginbotham@smithbarney.com