Trauma
What is the first thing you do after determining scene safety?
What is the very first thing you do when you get onto the scene?
Take PPE precautions.
How often should you be giving a breath to an adult patient with a BVM?
1 breath every 5-6 seconds
Examiner says : "the patient is unresponsive, apneic, and has a weak pulse of 60." What do you do?
Open the airway with a head tilt chin lift.
What is the first thing you do after taking PPE precautions?
Open the airway manually.
What portion of ABC's would you control major bleeding, if present?
Circulation
Number of patients.
What do you have your "partner" do while setting up the AED?
Continue compressions (as long as the machine is not analyzing or shocking)
How do you know you are delivering adequate breaths?
Equal chest rise and fall.
Which adjunct should be entered first?
Oropharyngeal airway.
What does SAMPLE stand for?
Signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last time eaten, and events leading up to.
What does OPQRST stand for?
Onset, provocation, quality, radiation, severity, and time.
What do you do as soon as the patient has been shocked?
Start back into chest compressions.
When do you attach the BVM to oxygen?
After rechecking the pulse.
What do you have the examiner do while you prepare the igel?
Have them take over ventilations.
What is the last thing you do before moving on to the primary survey?
Consider stabilization of the spine?
What do you do after obtaining the first set of vitals?
State the field impression of the patient.
What do you do after checking patient responsiveness?
Have your "partner" go get AED.
How long do you take to recheck the pulse?
No more than 10 seconds.
What color does the capnography device turn when CO2 is being exhaled by the patient?
Yellow
How often should you reassess vitals on an unstable trauma patient?
Every 5 minutes.
What are the three things in the primary survey that come before ABC's?
verbalize the general impression of the patient, determine responsiveness, and determine chief complaint/apparent life threats.
How long must you perform one-rescuer CPR before starting to set up the AED?
2 minutes
What must you voice? If you don't, it's a critical fail.
What size of igel gets placed into Fred the Head?
3