West Virginia Northern Community College

Objectives:

1. Identify common special needs patients seen in EMS

2. Relate the role of caregivers of the special needs patient to the EMS Professional's

patient ca re

3. Describe patient assessment of a special needs patient Identify abnormal presentations

during childbirth and nuchal cord presentations

4. Discuss management of abnormal presentation and nuchal cord presentation during

delivery

5. Recognize the need for neonatal resuscitation during delivery

6. Describe steps for neonatal resuscitation

7. Describe routine care of a newborn not requiring resuscitation

8. Describe current techniques of one and two rescuer CPR for pediatric cardiac arrest

9. Demonstrate current techniques of one and two rescuer CPR for pediatric cardiac arrest

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