PRIMARY & SECONDARY ASSESSMENTS

MISC.

100

First thing to do when you get a call for a suspected overdose.

BSI

200

What are 4 common ways pupils can appear, and what's the most common cause of each?

PERRLA-normal

PINPOINT-opiates

UNEQUAL-Stroke/Trauma

DIALATED-Stiumlants/Trauma/TCA

300

When assessing someone's lungs on their chest, where are the 4 spots to auscultate?

Apex- midclavicular, about 1 inch below the clavicles bilaterally (2nd ICS)

Base- midaxillary, 6th ICS bilaterally

400

In your secondary assessment, where are you supposed to auscultate for posterior lung sounds?

3rd/4th ICS between the scapula and spine bilaterally.

500

W/O looking at the board on the wall, tell me each number for the GCS scale 

(5 seconds to pick someone on ur team)

Eyes: Spontaneous, verbal, pain, none

Verbal: Oriented, confused, inappropriate words, incomprehensible sounds, none

Motor: Obey commands, purposeful movement, withdraws from pain, decorticates, decerebrates, none

Pertinent Questions/Assessment

100

Give me 5 pertinent questions you can ask your pt who is experiencing hypertension

1.)Blurred vision 2.)Headache 3.)Nausea 4.)Vomiting 5.)Dizziness 6.)Weak 7.)Tinnitus

200

What are 3 things you should include in your assessment/Questioning of a pt who had a syncopal episode?

1.)MLAPPS 2.)Last oral intake 3.)Dizzy 4.) Weak 5.) Nausea 6.)Vomiting 7.)Orthostatic BP 8.)Diarrhea 9.) Blood sugar

300

4 things to look for or check on a pt who is altered.

1.) Blood Glucose 2.)Oral trauma 3.)Trauma 4.)Track marks 5.)Incontinence 6.)Pupils 7.)Slurred speech 8.)Lucid Intervals

400

7 pertinent things to look for or assess in a pt who is in respiratory distress.

1.)Full sentences 2.)Audible Breath sounds 3.)Positioning 4.)Cyanosis/Skin signs 5.)Pedal Edema 6.)JVD 7.)AMU 9.)Mental status 10.) Auscultated lung sounds

500

7 Chest pain pertinent questions/assessments?

(no HAM)

1.)Dizzy 2.)Weak 3.)SOB if so (before or after CP) 4.)Pop 5.)Rest or Exertion

6.)Inspiration/Expiration 7.)Nausea 8.)Vomiting 9.)Recent surgery 10.)Drug use

ACRONYMS

100

What does XABCDE stand for?

eXsanguinating hemorrhage  

Airway Breathing 

Circulation Disability 

Exposure

200

What does PPEBBLE stand for?

• P - Para / Gravida
• P - Prenatal Care
• E - Expected Complications
• B - Broken water
• B - Bowel Movement
• L - Length of Contractions
• E - Expected Due Date

300

What does MARCH stand for?

Massive bleeding

Airway Respiration

Circulation 

Hypothermia/Head injury

400

In MARCH PAWS, what does PAWS stand for?

Pain

Antibiotics

Wounds

Splinting

500

PERRLA meaning 

P = Pupils E = Equal

R = Round

R = Reactive L = Light 

A = Accommodation