On the Move
What are some considerations when moving a patient?
What is, is it safe? emergent, urgent or non emergent, spinal considerations, do you need more help, communication with your team.
Compression and breath sequence for adult CPR?
What are 30 compressions and 2 breaths.
List the five major components of scene size up.
What is scene safety, Determine MOI or NOI, BSI, Number of patients and/or resources, What is your general impression of the patient.
My patient is wheezing and gasps that they have asthma. What position might be most comfortable for them?
What is the tripod position or a position of comfort.
Examples of Consent from a patient.
What is implied consent and expressed consent.
Explain the difference.
Examples of good body mechanics when lifting or moving a patient.
What is lift with your legs (not your back) stand with legs shoulder width apart, head up, speak up if you aren't ready.
How fast is the compression rate in CPR?
What is 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
Bonus Question: How deep?
What is an Exsanguinating Bleed?
What is a massive bleed that is a life threat.
Bonus Question: List three kinds of bleeds from different vessels.
What is a "spine safe" move?
What is a log roll.
Your patient tells you they don't want any help and to leave them alone. What is this?
What is refusal of care.
What is an axial drag?
What is moving/dragging the patient inline with their spine to minimize moving it side-to-side.
Where is CPR in the patient assessment triangle?
What is in the Primary Assessment.
Explain A, B, C of the primary assessment
What is airway, breathing and circulation.
My patient is staring up at the sky and is laying flat in the grass.
What is supine.
Bonus: when is this a good position for a patient to be in?
Laws that protect you if you are a bystander and you step in to help someone who is injured or ill.
What are Good Samaritan Laws.
You are working as a team to move a patient onto a litter. Who is in charge?
What is the person on the head?
Infants have proportionately large heads. How can you compensate for this when providing CPR?
What is place padding underneath their shoulders.
Name a "Stop and Fix" in the Primary Assessment?
An airway obstruction, a major bleed, inadequate breathing, no pulse.
My patient is face down in the mud. What is this position?
What is prone.
Bonus: what position is this good for?
Explain abandonment of a patient.
What is when a caregiver who has initiated care, changes their mind and leaves before another caregiver of equal or greater training takes over.
When is it appropriate to abandon a patient?
What is a spine safe move to get a patient onto a tarp or vacuum mattress?
What is a log roll.
Why are compressions so important?
What is they pump the heart which helps circulate the blood and keeps oxygen going to the brain.
What is a baseline set of vitals?
What is the first set of vitals taken on a patient.
Bonus: how often should you take vitals on a stable versus an unstable patient?
Gravity is my friend. My patient is vomiting, has no spine injury and is supine. What position can I put them in?
What is the recovery position.
Bonus Question: I leave my patient in a recovery position and go and get more help. Is this abandonment?
What is Scope of Practice?
What is the written, accepted level of training expected for a specific profession.