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PRIMARY SURVEY
HISTORY
IPA / VITALS
TREATMENT
100

WHAT DOES PPE STAND FOR 

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 

100

WHAT DOES A GENERAL IMPRESSION INCLUDE  

AGE, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, POSITION

100

WHAT DOES S STAND FOR IN SAMPLE 

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS 

100

WHAT DOES P STAND FOR IN IPA

PALPATE 

100

WHAT ARE THE 5 RIGHTS 

PATIENT 

DOSE 

ROUTE

TIME 

MEDICATION

200

WHAT DOES E STAND FOR IN PENMAN

ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY / SCENE SAFETY 

200

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU ASK YOUR PATIENT TO DETERMINE LOC-AVPU

NAME, DATE, LOCATION, PRESIDENT 

200

O, P, Q, R, S, T STAND FOR WHAT 

ONSET, PROVOCATION/PALLIATION, QUALITY, RADIATION, TIME

200

WHAT DOES I STAND FOR IN IPA

INSPECT 

200

WHAT'S THE ADULT DOSE OF EPI 

0.3 MG 

300

WHAT DOES THE SECOND N STAND FOR IN PENMAN

NEED FOR C SPINE

300

WHAT ARE LIFE THREATS 

STABBING, GSW, SEVERED LIMB 

300

A, M, P, L, E STAND FOR  

ALLERGIES, MEDICATIONS, PAST MEDICAL HISTORY, LAST ORAL INTAKE, EVENTS LEADING

300

WHAT DOES A STAND FOR IN IPA 

AUSCULTATE

300

WHAT'S THE ROUTE FOR AN EPINEPHRINE AUTO INJECTOR

MID LATERAL THIGH OR THE VASTUS LATERALIS

400

WHAT DOES M STAND FOR IN PENMAN

MOI OR NOI 

400

HOW DO YOU ASSESS CIRCULATION 

BLOOD SWEEP, SKINS, CAPILARY REFIL, PULSE 

400

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR O, P, Q, R, S, T

P: WHAT MAKES THE PAIN BETTER OR WORSE?  

Q: WHAT DOES THE PAIN FEEL LIKE? DESCRIBE IT.

R: WHERE IS THE PAIN LOCATED? DOES IT SPREAD?

 S: ON A SCALE OF 0-10, TEN BEING THE WORST, HOW BAD IS THE PAIN? 

T: WHEN DID THE PAIN START? IS IT CONSTANT OR INTERMITTENT?

400

WHAT ARE THE VITALS WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

PROBELLST 

400

WHAT DO WE DO AFTER WE USE AN EPI-PEN 

PLACE IT INTO A SHARP'S CONTAINER

500

MOI AND NOI STAND FOR WHAT 

MECHANISM OF INJURY / NATURE OF ILLNESS 

500

HOW DO YOU ASSESS AIRWAY AND BREATHING 

TALKING IN FULL AND COMPLETE SENTENCES, CHEST RISE AND FALL FOR 5 NO MORE THAN 10 SEC, ADEQUATE, LABORED, PULSE OX 

500

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR S, A, M, P, L, E

A - DO YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES TO MEDICATIONS, FOODS, OR ANYTHING ELSE? 

M - ARE YOU TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTIONS, OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDS, OR SUPPLEMENTS? 

P - DO YOU HAVE ANY PAST MEDICAL HISTORY I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? 

L - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE OR DRANK ANYTHING? 

E - CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING RIGHT BEFORE THIS STARTED?

500

WHERE DO WE LISTEN TO THE LUNGS 

2ND INTERCOSTAL SPACE ON THE MID CLIVICULAR LINE BILATERALY

4TH OR 5TH INTERCOSTAL SPACE ON THE MID AXILLARY LINE BILATERALLY

INFERIOR ANGLE OF THE SCAPULA BILATERALLY

 

500

WHAT'S THE CHILD'S DOSE OF EPI 

0.15 MG