You are making a scene
Assessing this when you arrive to your location, will help ensure a safe and effective response for everyone involved?
What is scene safety.
Things that you notice as you approach the patient drives this Key Concept in the Primary Assessment.
What is General Impression.
What must you verify, after approaching a patient and introducing yourself?
The patient's Chief Complaint (CC).
After life-threats have been taken care of in the Primary Assessment, you should perform this assessment, especially in unconscious patients?
What is Secondary Assessment, Head to Toe.
If you continue to treat the patient, you must always start over at this assessment?
What is Primary.
To perform a systematic assessment of your patient to see if it is medical or trauma you must perform the?
Patient Assessment Sequence. (This consists of Scene Assessment, A Primary Assessment, Obtain the History of Present Illness (OPQRST) and past medical history (SAMPLE). On unconscious patient's, try to get SAMPLE FROM THE FAMILY. Perform the Secondary Assessment, Focused or Head to Toe, Perform Reassessment.)
After you perform The General Impression, one of the best ways to determine one's mental status and the first thing you do when approaching the patient?
What is Introduce Yourself
In the OPQRST for history of the present illness, what does the O stand for?
What is Onset? When did this begin.
A Sign is something you can See, but a Symptom is something the patient?
What is Tells You.
What type of report should you provide to the EMS crew when they arrive?
What is a Handoff Report. (Reference page 204 in textbook for the 9 elements.
An assessment-based model is treatment based on?
Patient's Signs and Symptoms.
This is the pneumonic used to determine mental status?
What is AVPU
You must always try to obtain this Medical History, regardless if awake or unconscious.
What is: SAMPLE History.
In the Secondary Assessment you utilize this pneumonic to assess the patient for injuries?
What is DCAPBTLS. (Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Punctures, Penetrations, Paradoxical Motion, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations and Swelling.)
If a patient is high priority and unstable you need to repeat the vitals signs every?
What is five minutes.
A general overview of the incident and its surroundings is known as?
What is scene assessment.
To keep you safe you must remember that any blood or body fluids are always considered?
What is Potentially Infectious, until proven otherwise. Always wear appropriate PPE for whatever situation you have.
When assessing, to avoid tunnel vision you must always?
Assess all patients. Patient Care Comes First.
Each upper extremity has 2 parts, one is the Arm and the other is the?
What is Forearm. ( Arm contains the Humerus, the forearm contains the radius, ulna, wrist and hand.
In the Pediatric Assessment Triangle what is the first thing you note when approaching the child?
What is Appearance. (Does the child appear to ill or injured?)
Paying attention to the conditions and people around you at all times, and anticipating the risks that a condition or people may pose is known as?
What is Situational Awareness.
What is the Airway Sequence for a Conscious Breathing Patient?
What is: ABC
Remember to look for this on all your patients?
What are Medical Alert Tags, Bracelets, Necklaces, Card, or App on their Phone.
If the patient has bluish coloration to the skin, they are said to have?
What is Cyanosis.
This assessment for children is known as the?
Pediatric Assessment Triangle. (This helps you quickly form a general impression of the child.)