Scene Size Up
What is the first part of the patient assessment process?
Scene Size-Up
What should be the first priority when you encounter a patient with a complete airway obstruction.
Clear the airway
Something regarding the patient's condition that the patient tells you.
Symptom
How often would you reasses a stable patient?
Every 15 mins
With a trauma patient what should be performed immediately after ABC’s
Rapid Trauma Assessment
Which PPE should be donned for a patient with massive hemorrhaging?
Gloves
Mask
Gown
The patient's condition that is formed on first approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and appearance.
General Impression
What vital signs are assessed in the secondary assessment?
BBPRESS
What is the first part of the reassment?
Primary assessment
While treating your patient the scene becomes unsafe putting your life at immediate risk. What action should you take?
Flee the scene and contact the police
What is the minimum distance the danger zone should extend when there is no apparent hazards at a vehicle collision?
50 ft
The statement (usually in the patient's own words) that describes the symptoms or concern associated with the primary problem the patient is having; in emergency medicine, it is the reason the patient calls EMS.
Chiefs Complaint
An external pouch that collects fecal matter diverted from the colon or ileum through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall.
colostomy bag
What is the purpose of a reassessment?
To detect changes in your patients condition.
While assessing your patient’s skin you note that it is jaundice. What might this indicate?
Liver problems
What is your primary concern after ensuring scene safety and taking standard precautions?
Determine the nature of illness or mechanism of injury.
What is the ‘ U ‘ in AVPU stand for !
Unresponsive
In the mnemonic OPQRST, which question would you ask for Q?
Can you describe your symptoms to me ?
What are all the elements of a reassessment?
Primary, Secondary, Vitals, Interventions.
Heuristics helps provider to do what?
Speed up the diagnosis process
An awareness that there might be an injury
Index of suspicion
What condition might pale and clammy skin suggest during the primary assessment?
Shock
Upon completion of the secondary assessment, the EMT should be able to make a ______ _______ the patient?
Field Diagnosis
During you history taking your patient goes from speaking to unconscious, what should you immediately do?
Reassess starting with primary.
To ensure patient’s confidentiality of an embrassing mechanism of injury, it would be best to use which device when contacting the hospital while in route.
Cell Phone
The temporary cavity created by a pressure wave of a bullet entering the body and causing damage to the tissues.
Cavitation
What are the steps of the primary assessment?
G- Forming a general impression;
L- assessing mental status;
C- determine chief complaint
A B C- checking airway, breathing, and circulation;
T/T -making a priority decision regarding immediate transport.
Who do you get the primary source of information from in an responsive medical patient?
The patient
When a part of the chest goes in as the patient inhales and goes out as the patient exhales
Paradoxical motion
Two or more adjacent ribs fractured in two or ore places
Flail chest