Scene Size-Up
The very first thing you do upon arriving on scene.
What is scene safety/BSI?
This is a snap shot of the patient, what you see when you walk up to the pt
What is the general impression?
AVPU
What is Alert, Verbal, Painful, and Unconscious?
Altered LOC
Pulse: 130
Respiratory rate: 30
Blood Pressure: 90/60
What is shock?
You ask this to evaluate if the pain is moving
Does your pain radiate?
MOI/NOI
What is mechanism of injury/ nature of illness?
You speak loud to the patient to see if he/she responds
What is determining responsiveness/level of consciousness?
MOI
What is Mechanism of Injury?
120/80
What is blood pressure?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad does it hurt?
What is severity?
You arrive at the scene of a vehicle accident and your patient is c/o c-spine pain
What is considering immobilization of spine?
this is performed on a patient with a respiratory rate of 6
What is use a BVM?
M in PMS
What is movement?
C in DCABPTLS
Contusions
Rhythms the AED will shock?
What is Pulseless V-tach and V-fib?
You arrive at the scene of a accident with a lot of patients
What is requesting additional resources?
The most common obstruction in the airway
What is the tongue?
CAB
What is the circulation airway breathing?
B.E.F.A.S.T
What is the TEMS recognized stroke scale?
Secondary pacemaker of the heart??
What is the AV node?
This should be considered when extrication time may be prolonged and a long transport time is inevitable.
What is request a helicopter?
Your pt has right sided facial droop and left sided hand numbness.
What is a possible CVA?
P in OPQRST
What is Provocation/Palliation?
Nitroglycerin should not be given to this patient.
BP is less than 100 systolic or patient has taken an ED medication
A pulse at the radial indicates a B/P of at least this.
What is 90?