Patient Assessment
Unresponsive. Not breathing. No Pulse.
When do you start CPR?
120/80
What is normal blood pressure?
Supine vs prone
What is laying face up versus lying face down.
BLS
What is Basic Life Support?
Scope of Practice
What are the range of duties and skills you are allowed and expected to perform as appropriate?
Assessment Step 1
What is scene size-up?
Tachycardia and Bradycardia
What is fast heartbeat (> 100 BPM) and slow heartbeat (< 60 BPM)?
Circulatory System Components
What are heart, arteries, veins, blood?
FAST
What is Face, Arms, Speech, Time?
3 types of consent
What is informed, expressed, implied?
Check A-B-C
What is check Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
PERL
What is Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light?
Connect bone to bone versus muscle to bone
What are ligaments versus tendons?
CSM
What is Circulation, Sensation, Motor movement?
Negligence
What is failure to follow reasonable standard of care, causing or contributing to injury or damage?
SAMPLE
What are Signs & Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past/Pertinant Medical History, Last Time Eat/Drink, Event (what happened?)?
Pale. Cyanotic. Flushed. Hot. Cold. Moist.
What are skin signs?
Functions of the Respiratory System
What are external respiration (ventilation) and internal respiration (gas exchange)?
MOI/NOI
What is Mechanism of Injury / Nature of Illness?
Standard of care
What would someone else with the same level of certification do?
OPQRST
What is Onset, Provocation (and palliation), Quality, Radiation (region), Severity of pain (1-10), Time?
Diaphoretic
What is super sweaty?
Integumentary System
What is the body's outer layer, consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and glands ?
DCAP-BTLS
What is Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Punctures, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations, Swelling?
Assault and Battery
What is threatening / attempting to inflict harm and unlawful touching without consent?