Scene Size-Up
This is done before all other parts of the patient assessment.
What is the scene size-up?
This is obtained after checking for a patent airway.
What is the chief complaint?
After baseline vitals are obtained _________ are established after every intervention.
What are trends?
Shellfish, sulpha drugs, peanuts, and insect stings are common ________ patient's may have.
What are allergies?
What is 206?
These are applied for protection before making patient contact.
What are BSI or PPE?
This gives us clues regarding the patient's ability to make rational decisions.
What is mental status?
This vital tells us the oxygen saturation in the blood.
What is an SP02?
It is important to obtain this information to determine future interventions.
What are patient medications?
Name the four main body cavities.
What is the cranial, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic?
What is Advanced Life Support?
80 - 120 is the normal vital sign for...
What is a capillary blood glucose level (CBG)?
These vitals require a minute rate.
What are respiratory rate and heart rate?
Obtaining this information will assist the EMR in understanding what is currently happening with his/her patient.
What is a pertinent medical history?
Name the two main central pulses.
What are the carotid and femoral?
This describes how injuries occurred.
What is the mechanism of injury or M.O.I.?
After auscultation, this sound tells us the bronchioles are constricted.
What is wheezing?
What is perfusion?
What is the patient's last oral intake?
These are the two main muscles that assist with breathing.
What are the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm?
This must always be top priority while treating a patient.
What is your personal safety?
This is a severe allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
This tells us how much pressure is being put on the blood vessels every time the heart contracts.
What is a systolic blood pressure?
This information gives the EMR a frame-by-frame description of what may have caused or assisted in the patient's chief complaint.
What were the events leading up to the problem?
The number of vertebrae in the spinal column.
What is 33