Scene Size-Up
The very first two things you do/verbalize on every NREMT assessment, before touching the patient.
What is take/verbalize BSI and ensure scene is safe?
What do you form about the patient as you start the primary survey?
What is a general impression?
The acronym used to gather the history of the patient's complaint. 2 answers
What is OPQRST and SAMPLE?
The acronym for a patient's medical history.
What is SAMPLE?
After vital signs and interventions, the NREMT requires you to do this to the patient.
What is reassess?
When determining which life threat to treat first, what life threat is mostly likely to kill the patient first.
What is exsanguinating hemorrhage?
What mnemonic is used for level of consciousness?
What is AVPU? (Alert, Verbal, Painful, Unresponsive)
The three base line vital signs.
What is pulse, respirations, and blood pressure?
What the 'A' in SAMPLE stands for.
What is allergies?
How often do you reassess a stable patient?
What is every fifteen minutes?
You must determine this about the patient's condition, medical or trauma?
What is mechanism of injury (MOI) or nature of illness (NOI)?
When assessing the patient's airway, you must ensure it is?
What is open and patent?
The rapid trauma assessment used this head-to-toe acronym to check each body region.
What is DCAP-BTLS?
The acronym used to explore the present illness/complaint.
What is OPQRST?
During reassessment, you may repeat the primary survey and recheck these. 2 answers
What are vital signs and interventions?
You must determine the number of what on a scene?
What is the number of patients?
Assessed by looking, listening, and feeling. You provide this intervention if breathing is inadequate. 2 part answer.
What is breathing and oxygen or ventilations?
What the 'B' and 'T' stand for in DCAP-BTLS.
What is burns and tenderness?
What the 'M' and 'P' in SAMPLE stand for.
What is medications and past history?
The next critical step after vital signs and interventions are completed.
What is initiate transport to an appropriate facility?
Base on the number of patients and their severity, you must verbalize if you need what?
What is additional resources?
Where do you assess a pulse on a conscious patient and an unconscious patient? 2 answers
What is a radial pulse and a carotid pulse?
In a significant MOI, you perform this type of exam rather than a focused one.
What is a rapid full-body assessment?
What the 'O,' 'P,' 'Q,' 'R,' 'S,' and 'T' stand for in OPQRST.
What is onset, provocation, quality, radiation, severity, and time?
At the very end of the scenario, you provide this to the arriving ALS unit or to the hospital.
What is a hand off report or turnover?