Appendix A
NREMT Practice Analysis (1999)

NREMT Practice Analysis (1999)
Below is a list of the tasks extracted from the 1999 NREMT Practice Analysis. Each participant involved in the random survey was asked to indicate the frequency in which they utilized an identified task. In addition to frequency, the participants were asked to provide input on the potential of harm and difficulty they experienced in accomplishing each task. The chart below identifies those tasks, based on either frequency and/or potential for harm, that was used in the creation of this document. The task force utilized those task that were identified as having low frequency of performance and a high potential for harm along with the tasks that had a high frequency of performance and a high potential for harm. 24 of the 123 tasks were identified as meeting the above criteria and were utilized as the basis for the mandatory portion of this refresher curriculum.

Task	Frequency	Potential for Harm	
Assess a patient experiencing an allergic reaction	s 	s 	
Assess a patient with possible overdose	s 	s 	
Assess a near-drowning patient	s 	s 	
Assess an infant or child with cardiac arrest	s 	s 	
Assess an infant or child with respiratory distress	s 	s 	
Assess an infant or child with shock (hypoperfusion)	s 	s 	
Assess an infant or child with trauma	s 	s 	
Assess a patient with a head injury	s 	s 	
Assess a patient with a suspected spinal injury	s 	s 	
Perform a rapid trauma assessment	s 	s 	
Provide ventilatory support for a patient	s 	s 	
Attempt to resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest	s 	s 	
Provide care to a patient experiencing cardiovascular compromise	s 	s 	
Provide post-resuscitation care to a cardiac arrest patient	s 	s 	
Provide care to the patient experiencing an allergic reaction	s 	s 	
Provide care to a near-drowning patient	s 	s 	
Provide care to an infant or child with cardiac arrest	s 	s 	
Provide care to an infant or child with respiratory distress	s 	s 	
Provide care to an infant or child with shock (hypoperfusion)	s 	s 	
Provide care to an infant or child with trauma	s 	s 	
Provide care to a patient with a chest injury	s 	s 	
Provide care to a patient with an open abdominal injury	s 	s 	
Provide care to a patient with shock (hypoperfusion)	s 	s 	
Provide care to a patient with suspected spinal injury	s 	s