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Scene Size Up
Primary Assessment
History and Vitals
Signs and Symptoms
Definitions
100
The responder's impression of the overall scene
What is scene size-up?
100
How the patient looks to you as you approach the patient
What is general impression?
100
A finding relayed to you from the patient, cannot be observed or measured
What is a symptom?
100

You are called to a 72-year-old patient with weakness and headache. Initial Blood Pressure 145/98. His condition is called:

What is Hypertension?

100

Injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissues

What is penetrating trauma?

200
MOI
What is mechanism of injury?
200
A measure of the patient's responsiveness, uses the mnemonic AVPU
What is level of consciousness?
200
A finding that is an objective or specific indication of disease or injury that can be observed
What is sign?
200

You respond to a cafeteria to find an unconscious person with gurgling sounds upon exhalation and inhalation. The probable cause of these respiratory sounds are:

What is fluid in the airway?

200

Adult pulse rate above 100 beats per minute

What is tachycardia?

300
NOI
What is nature of illness?
300
The 3 steps of the primary assessment that follow LOC
What is Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
300
The palpable pressure of the blood flow through the arteries
What is pulse?
300

A classic sign of Chest Pain

What is Levine's Sign? (Fist clenched over the chest)

300

Touching or feeling

What is Palpation?

400
When a responder believes there is a high likelihood a person is injured based upon the mechanism present
What is index of suspicion?
400
Levels of responsiveness, represented by AVPU
What is Alert, Verbal, responsive to Painful stimuli, Unresponsive?
400
The range of normal pulse rate for adults
What is 60-90 beats per minute?
400

Severe difficulty breathing, sitting upright, leaning forward, and supporting with arms

What is Tripod position?

400

Awareness that there may be injuries

What is index of suspicion?

500
The use of protective equipment to prevent spread of disease
What is standard precautions?
500
The reason that EMS was activated, usually documented in the patient's own words
What is chief complaint?
500
The P in SAMPLE history
What is past pertinent history?
500

Severe, life-threatening with damage to major vessels and arteries 

What is exsanguinating bleeding?

500
outward signs of what is going on inside the body.

What is Vital Sign?