Chapter 12

Question 1

A complete patient assessment has what elements?

Answer 1

scene size up
primary assessment
secondary assessment
reassessment

Question 2

Patient Assessment

Answer 2

evaluation of the patient for life-threatening and non-life-threatening conditions

Question 3

Scene-size up

Answer 3

evaluation the scene you are responding to and checking for
-safety
-nature of illness / mechanism of injury
-number of patients
-are additional resources needed?
-spinal precautions

Question 4

scene safety

Answer 4

making sure the scene is safe before entering. do not go into dangerous situations

Question 5

Nature of Illness (NOI)

Answer 5

What is medically wrong w/ a patient

Question 6

Mechanism of Injury (MOI)

Answer 6

The forces that may have causes a patient’s injury

Question 7

Multiple casualty incidents (MCI)

Answer 7

Any accident involving multiple patients and first in units/resources being overwhelmed

Question 8

Components of a primary assessment

Answer 8

• forming a general impression
  -evaluating mental status
• determining the patient’s chief complaints
  -ensuring an adequate airway
  -ensuring breathing is adequate
  ensuring adequacy of circulation
  -identifying and controlling severe bleeding
• determining priority for transport

Question 9

Components of a general assessment

Answer 9

-age
-gender
-lever of responsiveness and level of distress

Question 10

What are the 4 components of the alert and oriented assessment?

Answer 10

person (do they know WHO they are)
place (do they know WHERE they are)
time (do they know what TIME it is_
event (do they know what happened)

Question 11

What are the ABCs in the EMS world?

Answer 11

Airway, breathing, circulation

(any threat to these 3 things must be addressed immediately)