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<blockquote>Matt Keeler wrote:

Update on Palm Beach State's Plan

Covid-19 EMS Plan Summary

Core staff will meet Tuesday, March 24th to finalize plan and details. &nbsp; Classes will resume on Wednesday, March 25th (A Shift) and will run Monday through Friday (shift schedule) as outlined below:

Didactic -&nbsp;

•Lectures will be 100% online. &nbsp; This is already in place and occurring through Blackboard. &nbsp;

•Exams will be given via EMS Testing (as is current practice). &nbsp; Leads will adjust scheduling of these exams to fit individual cohorts. &nbsp; Exams will be timed and password protected to prevent students from other classes from having access.&nbsp;

•Leads/OSE’s already have a system in place for communication with students via email/phone/text. &nbsp;

•Each lead will utilize Collaborate via Blackboard once per week, scheduled at their discretion to provide students with weekly interaction. &nbsp;This can be adjusted as needed.&nbsp;

•All students will temporarily receive an Incomplete (I) for their grade. &nbsp;This will be adjusted as needed with students grades being changed once they complete the required material.&nbsp;

Psychomotor (Lab) –&nbsp;

•All scheduled students for clinical/field hours report to campus and remain in groups of 6, plus 1 instructor. &nbsp;

•NO interaction between labs. &nbsp;Students will remain in a particular room for the duration of lab. &nbsp;

•6:1 ratio will be adhered to at all times.&nbsp;

•Number of labs and the duration each day (4 or 8 hours) will be dependent on number of lab instructors available. &nbsp;

•Paramedic focus will be on PHTLS and then PALS.

•The EMT “big” room will only be utilized by one group. &nbsp;

•Appendix G numbers will be adjusted as CoAEMSP evaluates.&nbsp;

Clinical –&nbsp;

•Students will resume clinical rotations (hospital and FR) at the discretion and notification received by each Hospital and Fire Department.&nbsp;

•Appendix G numbers will be adjusted as CoAEMSP evaluates.&nbsp;

•Clinical Instructors and Fire Rescue Instructors will utilize the State direction that allows for 50% of clinical and field hours in a simulated setting by coming to campus and utilizing lab room. &nbsp;This will be adjusted based up space and instructor availability.&nbsp;

•Our Achilles heel. &nbsp;Cannot move forward with new cohorts until current students can return to clinical sites.

All bullet points listed above are subject to change (daily if needed).

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