Basics Flashcards
1
Q
Primary Survey
A
- Nervous
– A-VPU
– MOI Spine - Respiratory
– Airway
– Breathing - Circulatory
– Pulse
– Severe Bleeding
2
Q
Mental Status Mechanisms STOP EATS
A
- Sugar
- Temperature
- Oxygen
- Pressure
3
Q
Mental Status Mechanisms STOP EATS
A
- Electricity/Epilepsy
- Altitude
- Toxins
- Salts (low salts/electrolytes)
4
Q
Primary Survey Goal
A
Find it Fix it Fast
5
Q
A-VPU
A
A Awake, alert, oriented
A- Awake, confused, disoriented
V Voice responsive
P Pain responsive
U unresponsive
6
Q
STOP
A
- Stabilize
- Think
- Observe
- Plan
7
Q
Sick/Not Sick
A
- Alert? (Nervous)
- Work of Breathing? (Resp)
- Skin & Pulse? (Circul)
8
Q
SAMPLE History
A
- Symptoms
- Allergies
- Medications
- Past & Pertinent History
- Last ins & outs
- Events
9
Q
Pain Assessment OPQRST
A
- Onset
- Provoke
- Quality
- Radiation
- Severity
- Time
10
Q
Secondary Survey
A
- SAMPLE History
- Vitals
- Physical Exam
11
Q
Scene Survey
A
- Safety
- Numbers
- Mechanism of Injury
12
Q
Secondary Survey Goal
A
Complete then Treat
13
Q
Physical Exam
A
Look, listen & feel for
- Tenderness
- Swelling
- Wounds
- Deformity
- Discolouration
- Medic Alert tags
- Chest sounds
14
Q
Vital Signs
A
- Pulse (rate & rhythm)
- Respiration (rate & work of breathing)
- Skin (colour, temp, moisture)
- A-VPU
