SCENE SIZE UP
The responders impression of overall scene.
What is scene size-up?
How the patient looks to you as you approach the patient.
What is a general impression.
A finding relayed to you from the patient, cannot be observed or measured.
What is a Symptom?
A secondary investigation to systematically access the patient to determine what else may be wrong.
What is Secondary Assessment?
Conversing with a patient in a comforting and Empathetic nature.
What is Therapeutic Communication?
MOI
What is mechanism of Injury?
A measure of the patients responsiveness, uses the mnemonic AVPU.
What is level of consciousness?
A finding that is an objective or specific indication of disease or injury that can be observed.
What is a sign?
Looking at the Patient.
What is Observation?
A Question that cannot be answered with a one-word answer.
What is a open ended question?
NOI
What is Nature of Illness?
The 3 steps of the primary assessment that follow LOC.
What is Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
The palpable pressure of the blood flow through the arteries.
What is a Pulse?
Listening with your ears or with a stethoscope.
What is auscultating?
Paperwork for documentating your assessment and care of a patient.
What is prehospital care report (PCR)?
When a responder believes there is a high likelihood a person is injured based upon the mechanism present.
What is index of suspicion?
Levels of responsiveness, represented by AVPU.
What is Alert, Verbal, responsive to painful stimuli, Unresponsive?
The Range of Normal pulse rate for adults.
What is 60-90 beats per minute?
Feeling with your hands.
What is palpating?
A term to describe factual documentation of events or conditions.
What is objective?
The use of protective equipment to prevent spread of disease.
What is standard precautions?
The reason that EMS was activated, usually documented in the patients own words.
What is Chief complaint?
The P in Sample history.
What is past pertinent history?
Strategic ongoing assessments of the patients condition and your interventions.
What is reassessment?
Term to describe impressions relayed from the patient.
What is Subjective?