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Chapter 9: Patient Assessment

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This deck covers key concepts and steps involved in patient assessment, including scene size-up, primary and secondary surveys, and specific medical terms.

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What are the 5 steps in scene size-up?

  1. scene safety

  2. moi/noi

  3. # of patients

  4. additional ems

  5. c spine stabilization

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Definition
What are the 5 steps in scene size-up?

  1. scene safety

  2. moi/noi

  3. # of patients

  4. additional ems

  5. c spine stabilization

What are the 3 primary survey steps?

  1. general impression

  2. loc/responsiveness

  3. chief complaint/life threats

Airway
Open, insert adjunct, assess
Breathing
Adequate, O2 therapy, management of injury that could compromise breathing
Circulation
Pulse, major bleeding, temp, color of skin, condition
How long do you have to make transport decision?
10 minutes
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Chapter 9: Patient Assessment
TermDefinition
What are the 5 steps in scene size-up?

  1. scene safety

  2. moi/noi

  3. # of patients

  4. additional ems

  5. c spine stabilization

What are the 3 primary survey steps?

  1. general impression

  2. loc/responsiveness

  3. chief complaint/life threats

Airway
Open, insert adjunct, assess
Breathing
Adequate, O2 therapy, management of injury that could compromise breathing
Circulation
Pulse, major bleeding, temp, color of skin, condition
How long do you have to make transport decision?
10 minutes
Sample history
Sign/symptoms, allergies, meds, past history, last oral intake, event leading to this
Secondary assessment
Do a full body assessment to look for any life-threatening injuries
What are the last steps of the patient assessment?
Vital signs, manage secondary injuries, determine when to reassess the patient

Main parts of patient assessment

  1. scene size-up

  2. primary assessment

  3. history taking

  4. secondary assessment

  5. reassessment

Symptom
Something the patient feels and tells you about
Sign
A condition you can observe or measure
Scene size-up
The evaluation of the condition in which you will operate in
MOI
Mechanism of injury
NOI
Nature of illness
CC
Most serious thing the patient is concerned about
How can you check for a spinal cord injury in a male?
Check for an erection (priapism) by sweeping across the pelvic area