Teaching Neurotrauma

[LucidResq]

In a week I'll be teaching a 3 hour class (1.5 hrs and 1.5 of hands-on time / skills) on neurotrauma for my SAR teams "Advanced First Responder" course. The class is at a level between First Responder and EMT-B.

Any suggestions? I like to punctuate my lecture with activities, step away from the powerpoint for a few minutes and do something different to keep it interesting and appeal to other styles of learning. Any ideas on how I could this? For example, when teaching the stages of shock I demonstrated estimation of blood loss with a shirt and a bunch of red food coloring + water.

 

[atropine]

Why?, is this anything like PHTLS or you guys going to be doing any neuro surgery as well.

 

[daedalus]

How about we bring poster "atropine" to class and whack him on the head and observe the effects. Nothing like real life experience. I am sure there are thousands of people wiling to take his place on the FD while he is gone, because of the sheer volume of applicants.


all in jest.

 

[DV_EMT]

From me - Perl, numbness/tingling/ CSM(PMS). ya know... the basics. and check for CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) from the ears

from my wife (a Neuro RN) - CSM, visual changes (halo's in vision/blurred or double vision), headache/pressure in skull feeling.


ooo... and DON't move impaled rebar from the skull. brain hemorrhaging will probably occur.