Scenarios
First Aid
General Impressions
Vital Signs
100
You are called on scene where a car is dangling from a cliff, the patient appears to be out of the car on the bottom of the cliff, unconscious with a big lacerations on the leg. Do you approach? why or why not.
No, both you and patient can be in danger.
100
What does PPE stand for and why is it important?
Personal Protective Equipment. It isolates diseases and bodily fluids from contaminating and spreading onto others.
100
What is included in a general impression?
Name, age, gender, chief complaint, and presentation.
100
What are the four main vital signs?
Temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate.
200
What is the first thing you do when you approach a scene? (two things)
Scene safety and BSI
200
What is this object? When is this used?
Tourniquet; excessive, unstoppable bleeding.
200
You arrive on scene to a 20 yr old male who is at his brothers house. He is sitting faced down with his hands on his knees and is complaining of shortness of breath and back pain. He says he was watching TV when the symptoms occurred? Give a general impression.
Answer may vary.
200
What is the normal respiration rate? How do you assess respiration?
12-20 breaths. You Look, Listen, and Feel.
300
When does your assessment begin?
As soon as call is dispatched.
300
What are the ABC's? What is a patent airway?
Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Open and clear airway.
300
You arrive on scene with an unconscious 42 year old female. She is accompanied by her husband and 2 of her grandkids who are playing on the playground. Her husband says she has not been herself all day. Her body is seizing and she has visible liquid in her mouth. Write a general impression.
Answers may vary.
300
What is systolic and diastolic in blood pressure? Explain.
Systolic-> highest pressure in arteries, first thump
Diastolic-> pressure when relaxed, last thump
400
You arrive on scene to a beach, you see a middle-aged man lying on the sand with an abundance of blood spurting out, his leg barely hanging by a thread of skin. Do you apply a tourniquet? What do you do to the leg?
Yes, cut leg off and rinse, apply dressing and store in bag within another bag with ice on water.
400
What is a severe allergic reaction called? What do you do to help?
Anaphylaxis, try to keep them calm, stay with them and phone 9-1-1.
400
You arrive on scene with a 10 year old girl who is accompanied by her mother and her familys dog. Her mother says she has been in bed all day and told her that her chest had been hurting. When you go into her room you notice her breaths are abnormal. Write a general impression?
Answers may vary
400
What is the difference between tachycardia and bradycardia?
Tachycardia->irregular, fast heart beats
Bradycardia->heart rate that is slower than normal.