Title: Describe the assessment and management of patients with special challenges.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician II (14055-II) > Section: Managing Special Patient Populations

Description should include

- the recognition and reporting of abuse and neglect
- abuse/intimate partner violence
- neglect
- child/dependent adult maltreatment
- homelessness
- poverty
- bariatrics
- technology dependent (locally determined)
- hospice/terminally ill
- tracheostomy care/dysfunction
- homecare
- sensory deficit/loss
- developmental disability
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- orthotics/prosthetics.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does an EMT correctly and appropriately assess and manage a patient with special challenges?
- What clues would indicate that a patient is hearing impaired?
- Why would airway management be more difficult in a patient with Down syndrome?
- What is the best approach to take when interacting with a patient who has special challenges?