Chapter 15-Patient Assessment Flashcards
whereas trauma assessment focus on the mechanism of injury or physical injuries, medical patient assessment focuses on _______
Nature of illness (NOI)
Symptoms
Patient chief complaint
When you are assessing a patient, establish an ____
accurate medical history
Information from dispatch can help you anticipate what you might find on the scene.
However, it is possible that what appears to be a _____ emergency, may in fact be a ______ emergency and vice versa
traumatic emergency may be a medical emergency
Use the dispatch information to guide your initial response, but do not get
Locked into a preconceived idea of the patient’s condition
During assessment, be aware of several challenges. Do not let one injury distract you from underlying medical condition.
True.
Tunnel vision as an EMT occurs when you
you become focused on one aspect of the patient’s condition and exclude all others, causing you to miss an important injury or illness
Give an example of this
a patient may have a medical condition (medical emergency) that results in a car crash (traumatic emergency)
Give an additional example of this.
A patient may have sustained a large laceration (physical) and you fail to realize that the patient had a hypoglycemic event (medical) that caused him to fall and sustain the injury
Patients may be uncooperative or even hostile toward those who respond to care for them. It is your duty to remain _____ at all times
professional, calm, and non judgmental
Never assume that you knnow what the problem is, even with frequent fliers. This can result in
missing a serious condition
________ a patient is dangerous, demeaning, and detrimental to you and the patient
Labeling a patient
The major components of patient assessment include:
Scene Size-Up
Primary Assessment
History-Taking
Secondary Assessmet
Reassessment
