Scene Size-Up
Gloves, masks, goggles
What is PPE or BSI.
Alert, verbal, pain, or unresponsive
What is AVPU.
The "L" in SAMPLE stands for what?
What is last oral intake.
Ongoing assessment in which you continue to make observations about the patient.
What is reassessment.
During what phase is a patient's airway checked?
What is primary assessment.
Evaluating the setting in which a patient is found for the purposes of obtaining info. about operational and clinical aspects of the emergency call.
What is scene size-up.
A patient's appearance and chief complaint or presenting problem can help develop what type of impression?
What is the general impression.
The process in which you obtain vital signs, a medical history, and perform a physical examination.
What is a secondary assessment.
Vital signs are monitored how often for a critical ill or injured patient?
What is 5 minutes.
When a head to toe assessment is indicated, in which assessment does this occur?
What is the secondary assessment.
The general type of medical problem a patient is suffering from on a given call.
What is nature of illness.
A patient's statement of the reason he is seeking medical attention.
What is chief complaint.
Using the mnemonic OPQRST, the "P" stands for what?
What is provocation.
Vital signs are monitored how often for the stable patient?
What is 15 minutes.
A physical exam in which the examiner uses his hands to feel for signs of illness or injury or to obtain the pulse.
What is palpation.
Scene size-up includes looking for scene safety, MOI, determining the number of patients involved, considering c-spine immobilization and what else?
What is requesting additional help if necessary.
Three essential circulation assessments during the primary assessment.
What is assessing for bleeding, the pulse, and skin color/temperature.
Type of exam for a critical trauma patient that is done before packaging and transporting.
What is a rapid trauma exam.
Information given to the receiving ambulance crew or hospital personnel is what?
What is a patient report.
Four essential components to patient assessment.
What is scene size-up, primary assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment.
Forces and energy that cause trauma.
What is mechanism of injury.
A patient who does not open eyes or respond to verbal or painful stimuli would receive what score on the the GCS?
What is 3.
Type of exam for a medical patient that focuses on the patient's chief complaint.
What is a focused physical exam.
Reassessment includes reassessing the primary assessment, vital signs, appropriate body system(s) and what else?
What is effects of any interventions.
Stridor, nasal flaring, retractions, tachypnea
What is respiratory distress.