Abbreviations
OPQRST and SAMPLE
Bonus: HAM
Onset, Provocation, Quality, Severity, Timing. Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past Medical History, Last Oral Intake, Events
History, Allergies, Meds.
BSI BLANK
Scene Safety
Blood Pressure and Lung Sounds both use what tool?
Stethoscope
Three Major Life Threats:
Uncontrolled bleeding, Unsecured airway, Shock,
LOC
Level of Consciousness
Name three scene hazards
Lightning, Powerlines, Rain, Cold, Heat, Fire, Chemicals, People, Broken Glass, Someone else's bodily fluids, Knifes, Guns, (this is not a comprehensive list)
What is the thing called that patients lay on?
Gurney
What temperature water starts causing hypothermia after 1hour?
50*- 60* F
A&OX4, what questions do the x4 stand for?
Self, Time, Event, Place (STEP)
What do you do if you are first on scene and someone waves a gun at you?
Leave.
Call for PD to secure the scene.
If any additional units are en route warn them.
Pulse Ox does what?
Measures how full of oxygen the hemoglobin is.
What goes into a general or doorway impression of the patient?
Skin signs, Position, Breathing, Effort
BSI
Body Substance Isolation
Can a two vehicle car crash become an MCI? How do you know when it does?
Yes! A MCI is more then the EMS system can support. A two car MVA can become and MCI if there are two vans crashing or you have a one ambulance system and there are 4 patients.
Auto Injector
A medication that is injected into the muscle in a prefilled spring loaded needle.
How does the environment effect your treatment or assessment of the patient?
Context clues. Like white power for cocaine or fentanyl for an OD.
SALT
Sort, Assess, Lifesaving Interventions, Treatment/Transport (Triage abrreviation)
List the 4 different kinds or reasons of BSI.
Bonus if you can explain them.
Standard Precautions
Contact Isolation
Droplets
Airborne
What is the blood pressure cuff's science name?
Bonus: Spell it correctly
Sphygmomanometer
After a car accident, you note the patient has bruising from the right shoulder to left hip, where was the patient in the car?
The passenger side.