MCCCD Program Description

School Nurse Emergency Assessment Skills

Course: NCE210

First Term: 1995 Summer I

Lecture 1.0 Credit(s) 1.0 Period(s) 1.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S

Description: Update of emergency assessment in the school setting. Includes emergency assessment of seizures, asthma, head and neck injuries, heat-related problems, bites, stings, and burns, and orthopedic injuries.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify current seizure assessment and treatment for the school-age child. (I, II) 2. Describe the recommended treatment for head and neck trauma encountered in the school environment. (III) 3. Describe the acute interventions involved in treating lacerations and orthopedic injuries at school. (IV) 4. Identify the infectious diseases encountered by the school-age child and describe current treatments. (V) 5. Explain current interventions in the treatment of bites, stings and burns. (VI) 6. Identify the children at risk for developing heat-related problems and describe interventions. (VII) 7. Identify current modalities and describe current assessment procedures for the asthmatic child. (VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Overview of emergency assessment II. Seizures A. Types B. Assessment C. Intervention D. Current update on treatment III. Head and neck trauma A. Mechanism of injury B. Intervention C. Prevention IV. Orthopedic injuries A. Types B. Intervention C. Prevention V. Infectious diseases A. Types B. Intervention 1. Reporting 2. Other C. Prevention VI. Bites, stings and burns A. Identification B. Intervention C. Prevention VII. Heat-related illness A. Types b. Intervention C. Prevention VIII. Asthma A. Assessment B. Intervention C. New therapies D. Prevention

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 4/25/1995

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