Scene Size Up
When doing your scene size you can request additional resources. Who are the three MAIN resources requested by EMTs?
Who are the Paramedics(ALS), Police, and Fire?
This part of the primary assessment evaluates if the patient is awake, responds to voice, pain, or is unresponsive.
What is AVPU?
Checking blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and pupils occurs during this part of the secondary assessment.
What are vital signs?
This is the process of repeating parts of the assessment to check for changes in the patient’s condition.
What is reassessment?
a 25-year-old unrestrained female struck the steering wheel with her chest when her car hit a tree while traveling at a high rate of speed. she has signs and symptoms of shock, which you suspect are the result of intrathoracic bleeding. which of the following interventions will provide this patient with the greatest chance of survival
rapid transport to a trauma center
When approaching a medical scene, this information—such as medications, medical devices, or environment—can hint at the patient’s underlying problem.
What are clues to the nature of illness?
This phrase describes the mental checklist used to determine if a patient is stable, unstable, or potentially unstable.
What is the general impression?
What is SAMPLE? give questions you'd use.
S-signs/symptoms
A-allergies
M-Medications
P-past medical history
L-last oral intake
E-events
Unstable patients should be reassessed this often.
What is every 5 minutes?
Distributive shock occurs when
widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool in the vascular beds
When approaching an unsafe scene, give a list of the people who are top priority of safety IN ORDER.
Who is You, your crew, the patient, bystanders?
(DONT GET ATE)
A noisy or gurgling one of these indicates a possible obstruction.
What is the airway?
This type of reassessment—performed every 5 minutes for unstable patients—helps detect changes in condition.
What is the ongoing assessment?
Any treatment you provided earlier—such as oxygen, splinting, or bleeding control—must undergo this step during reassessment.
What is checking interventions?
You and your partner arrive at the side of a 60-year-old woman who collapsed about 7 minutes ago. She is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. You should:
begin CPR and apply the AED as soon as it is available.
A fall from height, a rollover collision, or penetrating trauma all fall under this part of scene size-up.
What is determining mechanism of injury?
Capillary refill, skin color, temperature, and pulse quality are all evaluated during this part of the primary assessment.
What is assessing circulation?
What is PASTE? Give the questions you'd use.
P-Provocation
A-Associated Chest Pain
S- Sputum
T-Talking Tiredness
E-Exacerbation
In trauma patients, reassessment includes monitoring for hidden bleeding and this type of shock caused by volume loss.
What is hypovolemic shock?
To ensure that you will deliver the appropriate number of chest compression during one-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress the patient's chest at a rate of:
100 to 120 compression per minute.
In mass-casualty incidents, this process helps determine which patients need the most urgent care.
What is triage?
This component refers to identifying and addressing any immediate threats after assessing ABCs, such as distended abdomen or flail chest.
What is the rapid scan?
You perform this type of exam when the patient has isolated, non-life-threatening pain or injury.
What is a focused secondary assessment?
This term describes comparing current assessment findings to previous ones to evaluate changes over time.
What is trending?
Which organ lies in the lateral and posterior portion of the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the abdomen?
spleen