Scene Size Up
Scene Size Up begins
What is Dispatched
Mental Status is evaluated by
What is AVPU
The first set of letters in Primary patient
What is ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)
The rate of breathes per minute for adult at rest
What is 12 - 20 bpm
The three components of circulation
What are Heart, Vessels, Fluid
Scene should be assessed for
What is Safety
Alert is confirmed by
What is Person Place Time Event
How is the Airway opened for Medical patient
What is Head Tilt / Chin Lift
With no chest injury suspected, to evaluate breathing the EMT should observed
What is Look, Listen & Feel
What are the two pulse locations for upper extremities
What is Radial and Brachial
Assessing for patients
What is the Number of patients
U in assessing mental status is
What is Unresponsive
How long you should suction in an adult
What is 10 seconds
(10 for National / until clear for street)
When a chest injury is suspected, the EMT should use the following steps to evaluate breathing in the Primary Assessment
What is Inspect, Auscultate and Palpate
The pulse locations for lower extremities used in EMS
What Popliteal and Dorsalis Pedis
M.O.I. is
What is Mechanism of Injury
Most common cause of airway obstruction
What is tongue
Sets to maintain a clear Airway
What is Positioning, Manual Suctioning and Mechanical Suctioning
Expiration is how many seconds
What is 1 second
The Heart Rate for adult at rest
The EMT observes multiple pill bottles on night stand
What is Nature of Illness
AEIOU TIPS
What is Alcohol, Epilepsy, Insulin, Overdose, Uremia
Trauma, Infection, Psychogenic and Stroke
Appropriate maneuver for opening airway of a trauma patient
What jaw thrust
Abnormal lower airway breathing sound
What is Wheezing
The purpose of the Primary Patient Assessment
What is To Detect and Treat all IMMEDIATE Life Threatening conditions.