Post 10 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.
1. How can an EMT team best execute first aid during an endurance challenge?
2. What is an endurance challenge defined as?
3. What types of medical personel are required to be on staff during an endurance challenge?
4. What age group usually participates in an endurance challenge?
5. What are some common injuries to the participants?
6. What are the standard procedures for evacuating a participant suffering a major injury?
7. Is an endurance runner taken out of the race for suffering a minor injury?
8. Is there a specific location for the EMT's to be stationed?
9. What are the roles that an EMT working at an endurance challenged are required to accomplish?
10. How are the EMT's expected to act and look?
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Blog 11
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship with my dad at the EMT classes that he teaches and I will be working at a few marathons in March in several different places.
2. Who is your contact?
My dad, Robert Ethridge, whom is a Medical Unit Leader and EMT/EMR instructor for the Forest Service, is my mentor.
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
I have only done ten hours at this point. My mentor is in between classes at the moment and there are currently no marathons that I am available to work at this season. Starting in February, I will be assisting my mentor in his classes every Saturday and I will begin working at marathons in March.
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
The ten hours I have completed consist of me taking a First Aid/CPR class, taught by my mentor, and assisting him in some medical skills practices for his students.
I am doing my mentorship with my dad at the EMT classes that he teaches and I will be working at a few marathons in March in several different places.
2. Who is your contact?
My dad, Robert Ethridge, whom is a Medical Unit Leader and EMT/EMR instructor for the Forest Service, is my mentor.
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
I have only done ten hours at this point. My mentor is in between classes at the moment and there are currently no marathons that I am available to work at this season. Starting in February, I will be assisting my mentor in his classes every Saturday and I will begin working at marathons in March.
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
The ten hours I have completed consist of me taking a First Aid/CPR class, taught by my mentor, and assisting him in some medical skills practices for his students.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Blog 10
1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project?
Due to the fact that the break was during winter, there have been no marathons that I have been allowed to work at and my mentor is in-between classes, so I have not been able to assist him in teaching a class. In order to continue my senior project work, I have been rereading the EMT and EMR textbooks that were given to me by my mentor. This has prevented me from forgetting some of the important details that I have learned throughout my mentorship. Also, due to some minor user-error, I needed to resupply and rearrange my medical equipment.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
The most important thing that I learned for my senior project over the break is that in order to be able to learn medical techniques and procedures, you can't just put everything down and pick it up a few days later. The EMT and EMR fields require continuous attention in order for the knowledge to be retained effectively. The source of this would be the large amount of textbooks and articles that I have read over the break.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
Since I switched my senior topic to being strictly about marathons, I would ask the coordinator of the Run 4 Kids marathons in my area. She has been running marathons like these for several years and her insight would be of great help.
Due to the fact that the break was during winter, there have been no marathons that I have been allowed to work at and my mentor is in-between classes, so I have not been able to assist him in teaching a class. In order to continue my senior project work, I have been rereading the EMT and EMR textbooks that were given to me by my mentor. This has prevented me from forgetting some of the important details that I have learned throughout my mentorship. Also, due to some minor user-error, I needed to resupply and rearrange my medical equipment.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why? What was the source of what you learned?
The most important thing that I learned for my senior project over the break is that in order to be able to learn medical techniques and procedures, you can't just put everything down and pick it up a few days later. The EMT and EMR fields require continuous attention in order for the knowledge to be retained effectively. The source of this would be the large amount of textbooks and articles that I have read over the break.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
Since I switched my senior topic to being strictly about marathons, I would ask the coordinator of the Run 4 Kids marathons in my area. She has been running marathons like these for several years and her insight would be of great help.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
December Blog Post
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Blog 9
1. Review this. Confirm by stating "I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ."
I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.
2. Review the following EQs and
This EQ seems to follow the criteria. It provides a framework for studies, takes a stance and is specific.
b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
This EQ could be more specific about which career field will be used for the basis of research.
c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
This EQ does not seem to take a specific stance.
d. How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
This EQ could be more specific about which kind of chronic pain.
3. Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.
What is the most improtant element for a bystander to know to effectively manage a medical emergency?
I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.
2. Review the following EQs and
- Tell us if it meets the rule of 3 criteria.
- Tell why it does or why it doesn't
This EQ seems to follow the criteria. It provides a framework for studies, takes a stance and is specific.
b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
This EQ could be more specific about which career field will be used for the basis of research.
c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
This EQ does not seem to take a specific stance.
d. How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
This EQ could be more specific about which kind of chronic pain.
3. Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.
What is the most improtant element for a bystander to know to effectively manage a medical emergency?
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Blog 8
1. What is your working EQ?
What is the most effective course of action a bystander can take in a medical emergency?
2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.
EQ: What is the most effective course of action a bystander can take in a medical emergency?
3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
My most important source is First Responder by J. David Bergeron and Chris Le Baudour, which is a textbook used in most California EMT/EMR classes. This helped me come up with my answer because it goes into great detail about incident assesments and the Good Samaritan laws, which protect citizens who try to help save lives in medical emergencies.
4. Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
My mentor is my dad, whom is an EMT for the United States Forest Service and teaches incoming firefighters First Aid techniques. I work with him and other EMTs at marathons and I assist in teaching some of his classes. This relates to what I am doing by helping me learn new first aid techniques and allowing me to get hands-on experience in minor medical emergencies.
What is the most effective course of action a bystander can take in a medical emergency?
2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.
EQ: What is the most effective course of action a bystander can take in a medical emergency?
- Treating the injured patient(s) to the best of your ability.
- Assesing and taking control of the medical emergency.
3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
My most important source is First Responder by J. David Bergeron and Chris Le Baudour, which is a textbook used in most California EMT/EMR classes. This helped me come up with my answer because it goes into great detail about incident assesments and the Good Samaritan laws, which protect citizens who try to help save lives in medical emergencies.
4. Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
My mentor is my dad, whom is an EMT for the United States Forest Service and teaches incoming firefighters First Aid techniques. I work with him and other EMTs at marathons and I assist in teaching some of his classes. This relates to what I am doing by helping me learn new first aid techniques and allowing me to get hands-on experience in minor medical emergencies.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Blog 7
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
For my 30 hours, I will be working at a 100-mile marathon in Long Beach in November and a 24-hour marathon in January. I have worked at events like these before, but strictly as an observer. Now that I have a First Aid/CPR card, I will be independently treating patients as if I were an actual EMT. My mentor will be providing a first aid bag for me so that I will need to use my personal knowledge of the equipment to best treat the patients.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
For the event in November, my mentor will be taking short videos and/or pictures of me treating patients. As for the event in January, I have been discussing with Angel Flores the possibility of him coming with me and my mentor to the 24-hour marathon and using his photography expertise. This way, he will be able to receive experience and hours by taking pictures of the event for the event coordinators and, as a trade-off, he will be taking pictures of the EMT's and I treating patients.
3. And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
These two events will help me better understand my topic because I will actually be using the knowledge I have acquired in real-world situations. There is no better way of learning First Aid than by actually practicing it.
For my 30 hours, I will be working at a 100-mile marathon in Long Beach in November and a 24-hour marathon in January. I have worked at events like these before, but strictly as an observer. Now that I have a First Aid/CPR card, I will be independently treating patients as if I were an actual EMT. My mentor will be providing a first aid bag for me so that I will need to use my personal knowledge of the equipment to best treat the patients.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
For the event in November, my mentor will be taking short videos and/or pictures of me treating patients. As for the event in January, I have been discussing with Angel Flores the possibility of him coming with me and my mentor to the 24-hour marathon and using his photography expertise. This way, he will be able to receive experience and hours by taking pictures of the event for the event coordinators and, as a trade-off, he will be taking pictures of the EMT's and I treating patients.
3. And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
These two events will help me better understand my topic because I will actually be using the knowledge I have acquired in real-world situations. There is no better way of learning First Aid than by actually practicing it.
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