Scene Size-Up
This is the very first thing you do upon arriving on scene.
What is ensure scene safety?
This is the position you place an unresponsive, breathing patient without trauma in.
What is the recovery position? (Left lateral recumbent)
This type of exam is performed on a trauma patient with no significant injuries.
What is a focused assessment?
This is how often you reassess vital signs on a stable patient.
What is every 15 minutes?
This is the term for moving a patient quickly because of an immediate danger, such as traffic or environmental hazards.
What is rapid extrication?
The second N in the acronym SNNAC stands for this.
What is the number of patients?
The three parts of the “ABC” in a primary assessment.
What are airway, breathing, and circulation?
SAMPLE is a mnemonic used for this.
What is obtaining the patient history?
This is how often you reassess vital signs on an unstable patient.
What is every 5 minutes?
A patient sitting at a 45-degree angle on the cot is in this position.
What is semi-Fowlers?
This is what you call for when you need more ambulances, fire, police, etc...
What are additional resources?
A patient who can speak to you in full sentences most likely has this type of airway.
What is a patent (open) airway?
The “P” in OPQRST stands for this.
What is provocation (what makes it better or worse)?
Rechecking interventions like oxygen, airway adjuncts, or splints is part of this reassessment step.
What is checking the effectiveness of your treatments?
These two factors determine whether you transport a patient as emergency (lights/sirens) or non-emergency (no lights/sirens).
What are the patient's condition, and transport time?
This type of hazard can include leaking gasoline, wires down, or severe weather.
What is an environmental hazard?
If you find a patient with snoring respirations, your first action should be this.
What is open the airway with a head-tilt chin-lift (or jaw-thrust if trauma suspected)?
You hear wheezing during lung sounds. This usually means there is narrowing in this part of the body.
What are the lower airways/bronchioles?
If you note a sudden drop in blood pressure during reassessment, you should suspect this condition.
What is shock?
A patient with chest pain and stable vitals should be transported this way.
What is priority transport, non-emergency?
You arrive on a vehicle collision scene, finding multiple patients. You should begin this system to determine treatment priorities.
What is triage? (START triage)
The acronym AVPU is used to determine this.
What is a patient’s level of consciousness (LOC)?
This is the name for the quick head-to-toe exam performed on a medical patient who is not at least alert to Verbal.
What is a rapid medical assessment?
Trending vitals is important because it shows you this.
What is the patient’s condition over time (improvement, deterioration, or no change)?
For a critical patient, the EMS call should not exceed this amount of time from discovery to hospital handoff.
What is the "Golden Hour"? (What is 60 minutes)