ASTM F1420-92

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Designation: F 1420 – 92
Standard Guide for
Training the Emergency Medical Technician (Basic) to
Perform Patient Management Techniques
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1420; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope tion and Emergency Cardiac Care
Textbook of Pediatric Advanced Life Support
1.1 This guide establishes the minimum national standard
for training the emergency medical technician (basic) to
3. Terminology
perform patient management techniques for patients of all
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
ages.
3.1.1 management techniques—refers to those skills which
1.2 This guide is one of a series which together describe the
constitute actions or activities conducted by the emergency
minimum training standard for the emergency medical techni-
medical technician (basic) for a patient in need of assistance
cian (basic).
due to a real or perceived traumatic or medical condition.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4. Significance and Use
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
4.1 This guide establishes the minimum national standard
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
for training the emergency medical technician (basic) to
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
perform management techniques for patients of all ages. This
2. Referenced Documents guide does not preclude additions to or modifications of the
management techniques used by the emergency medical tech-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
nician (basic) as authorized by local medical protocol.
F 1031 Practice for Training the Emergency Medical Tech-
2 4.2 This guide shall be used by those who wish to identify
nician (Basic)
the minimum training standard for the emergency medical
F 1219 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 technician (basic) as it relates to the performance of manage-
cian (Basic) to Perform Patient Primary Assessment
ment techniques.
F 1253 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 4.3 This guide shall be used as the basis to revise Practice
cian (Basic) to Perform Patient Secondary Assessment
F 1031.
F 1255 Practice for Performance of Prehospital Automated
2 4.4 Every person who is identified as an emergency medical
Defibrillation
technician (basic) shall have been trained to this standard.
F 1285 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 4.5 This guide does not stand alone and must be used in
cian (Basic) to Perform Examination Techniques
conjunction with all referenced documents cited in Section 2.
F 1328 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
4.6 The management techniques outlined in this guide are
cian (Basic) to Prepare Patients for Medical Transporta-
2 not necessarily in sequential order and they will often vary with
tion
the patient’s age, size, location and condition.
F 1329 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
cian (Basic) in Basic Anatomy and Physiology
5. Management Techniques
F 1418 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 5.1 Use of airway management techniques and devices.
cian (Basic) in Roles and Responsibilities
5.2 Use of techniques for management of the compromised
F 1419 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 circulatory system.
cian (Basic) to Manage Shock
5.2.1 Direct pressure to the source of bleeding.
F 1421 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
2 5.2.2 Pressure dressings.
cian (Ba
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