SCENE SIZE-UP
A FIELD CONCLUSION ABOUT THE PATIENT'S PROBLEM BASED ON THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND THE EXCLUSION OF OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSES THROUGH CONSIDERING THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS.
FIELD IMPRESSION
A PATIENT'S MENTAL STATUS IS INITIALLY ASSESSED USING THIS SCALE.
AVPU
THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS USUALLY YIELD MORE INFORMATION.
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
DCAP-BTLS
DEFORMITIES, CONTUSION, ABRASIONS, PUNCTURES, BURNS, TENDERNESS, LACERATIONS, SWELLING
THE INTERVAL VITALS SHOULD BE ASSESSED IN A STABLE, AND UNSTABLE PATIENT.
THE INITIAL STEP OF SCENE SIZE-UP.
SCENE SAFETY
THIS IS FORMED IN THE FIRST 60-90 SECONDS, AS YOU LOOK AT, TALK WITH, AND TOUCH THE PATIENT.
GENERAL IMPRESSION
THIS COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ENCOURAGES YOUR PATIENT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION YOU NEED.
FACILITATION
BRUISING BEHIND THE EARS
BATTLE SIGNS
THE ABSENCE OF CERTAIN SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS NORMALLY EXPECTED OF SPECIFIC ILLNESSES OR CONDITIONS.
PERTINENT NEGATIVES
HOW A TRAUMATIC INJURY OCCURS
YOU MAY USE THESE THREE ASSESSMENT TOOLS DURING THE PRIMARY SURVEY OR THE SECONDARY ASSESSMENT, DEPENDING ON THE URGENCY OF THE PATIENT'S NEEDS.
INSPECTION, PALPATION, AUSCULTATION
THE ABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY ACROSS VARIOUS CULTURAL CONTEXTS.
CULTURAL INTELLEGENCE
ONLY THE FIRST AND FIFTH PHASES OF THESE SOUNDS ARE CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
KOROTKOFF SOUNDS - PHASE I -SYSTOLIC CONTRACTION; PHASE V - DIASTOLIC PRESSURE
APHASIA
THE GENERAL TYPE OF ILLNESS A PATIENT IS EXPERIENCING.
NATURE OF ILLNESS
A PATIENT'S OVERALL PERFUSION STATUS CAN BE ASSESSED USING THESE CRITERIA.
SKIN COLOR, TEMPERATURE, AND CONDITION (CTC)
OPQRST & SAMPLE
ONSET, PROVOCATION/PALLIATION, QUALITY, REGION/RADIATION/REFERRAL, SEVERITY, TIME
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS, ALLERGIES, MEDICATIONS, PERTINENT PAST MEDICAL HISTORY, LAST MEAL/ORAL INTAKE, EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INJURY/ILLNESS
AN ABNORMAL WHOOSHING SOUND THAT INDICATES TURBULENT BLOOD FLOW MOVING THROUGH A NARROWED ARTERY.
BRUIT
CUSHINGS REFLEX IS REPRESENTED BY THESE SIGNS.
SLOWING PULSE, RISING BP, AND ERRATIC RESPIRATORY PATTERNS
WHAT THIS QUICK, EARLY ASSESSMENT USING THE CHIEF COMPLAINT, RESPIRATION, PULSE, MENTAL STATUS, AND SKIN CTC, TELLS THE EMS PROVIDER.
SICK VS NOT SICK
THE DRYNESS OR MOISTURE OF THE SKIN IS PRIMARILY DETERMINED BY THIS SYSTEM.
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
H.I.P.P.A.
THIS MEANS NOTHING....
IT'S HIPAA - HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
DUH!
ARTERIAL PULSES REPRESENT THIS.
SYSTOLIC BP
THESE SIGNS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC TAMPONADE
NARROWED PULSE PRESSURE, MUFFLED HEART TONES, JVD; SO KNOWN AS BECKS TRIAD