acronyms
Shock advised.
What is an AED?
When the heart can no longer perform its pumping action.
What is cardiogenic shock?
Tied on the uninjured side.
What is the body sling?
Three things to record for pulse.
What are rate, rhythm, and strength?
First section of patient assessment.
What is scene survey?
TRGED
What is tenderness, rigidity, guarding, evisceration, and distention?
RED
What is rest, elevate, and direct pressure?
Requires two transportation bandages.
What is the large arm sling?
Three things to record for skin.
What are colour, temperature, moisture.
Check these body parts in "Evaluate neck to femurs".
What are neck, back, chest, abdomen, pelvis, femurs?
DCAPP BLS
What is deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures, paradoxical breathing, burns, lacerations, swelling?
Respiration rate does this with shock.
What is increase?
Used to elevate severe bleeding on hand.
What is body sling?
PERL
What is pupils are equal and reactive to light?
Distance to stop away from patient when starting your primary assessment.
What is six feet or two metres?
PMS
What is pulse, motor, sensation?
Skin is likely to be _______, _______, and _____ when patient is in shock.
What is pale, cool, and moist.
Leave exposed, and why.
What is the thumb to check PMS?
Level of consciousness.
What is Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive. (AVPU)
Transportation decision is made now.
What is after "evaluate neck to femurs" in primary assessment?
SAMPLE
What is signs and symptoms, allergies, medication, past medical history, last meal, events leading to the injury or illness.
Used to constrict blood vessels to control the flow of blood from a severely bleeding wound.
What is a tourniquet?
Used for injury to arm between elbow and shoulder.
What is small arm sling.
Pain
What is onset, provoke, quality, radiating, strength, time?
Questions for helping to rule out a spinal injury.
What are
1. "Can you wiggle your fingers and toes? Can you feel your fingers and toes?"
2. "Do you have any pain or tingling in your neck or back?"