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Clinical approach Flashcards

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Pre Arrival

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Plan for case

Biases/human factors

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Arrival

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PPE
Dangers
Dynamic risk assessment

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Rapid assessment for Adult and Paed

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Adult
- skin
- Conscious state
- WOB

Paediatric
- APPEARANCE - Tone, interactiveness, consolability, look/gaze.speech/cry
WOB- Abodominal breathing, subcostal, nasal flarring,Abnormal breath sounds
CIRCULATION TO THE SKIN - pale, mottling, Cyanosis

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Primary Assessment

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If looks unwell
- Response
- Airway & C spine
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Disability
- Exposure & Hemorrhage
Immediate Mx and SITREP
Establish limitation of treatment

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History (as appropriate)

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Time line
Nature
Prodromal symptoms
History of similar episodes
Associated circumstances
Aggravating / relieving factors

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Past history

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R - Risk factors
A - Allergies
M - Medications
P - Past medical Hx
S - Social considerations

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Assess

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PSA
BP, GCS, HR, S

GCS
E 4, V 5, M 6

RSA
C,A,P,R,R,S,S

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Adjuncts

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  • Weight
  • Temp
  • ECG
  • BGL
  • SPO2
  • EtCO2
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Focused Assessments

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MASS
SIRS
RASH
AEIOUTIPS
Stroke mimics

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Handover

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IMIST - AMBO

  • I - Identification
  • M - Mechanism of injury / medical complaint
  • I - Injuries / Information related to complaint
  • S - Signs
  • T - Treatment and Trends
  • A - Allergies
  • M - Medication
  • B - Background history
  • O - Other information
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Adequate Perfusion

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Skin Pink Warm Dry
HR 60 - 100
SBP > 100
GCS 15 alert and orientated to date and time

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Borderline perfusion status assessment =

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Skin - Pale cool clammy
HR - 50-100
SBP 80-100mmhg
GCS 15

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Inadequate perfusion assessment

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Skin - Cool Pale Clammy
HR - <50 - >100
SBP - 60 - 80
GCS - Altered / 15

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Extremely poor perfusion assessment

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Skin - Cool pale clammy
HR - < 50 - > 110
SBP < 60
Altered conscious state or unconscious

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RSA mild

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Appearance - Calm/anxious
Speech - full sentences 
Sounds - able to cough, Asthma= mild wheeze, LVF = some crackles
RR - 16-20 
Rhythm - asthma pt may have a prolonged exp phase 
WOB - slight increase 
HR - 60 -100 
Skin - normal 
GCS - 15
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Moderate RSA

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Appearance - distressed and anxious
Speech - short phrases
Sounds - still cough (Asthma + or - inspiratory and expiratory wheeze) (LVF crackles mid to lower fields )
Rate - > 20
Rhythm - Asthmatic pt long expiratory phase
WOB - marked chest movement + or - accessory involvement
HR 100-120
Skin - Pale and sweaty
GCS - mildly altered

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Severe RSA

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Appearance - anxious and fighting for breath potentially catatonic
Speech - single words or unable to speak
Sounds - unable to cough, (Asthma + or - inspo or expo wheeze or zero breath sounds) ( LVF full field crackles) upper airway obstruction = inspo stridor
RR - > 20 or bradypnoea < 8
Rhythm prolonged expiratory phase
WOB - full chest movement and all accessory muscles in use inc tracheal tug
HR >120 or Bradycardia is a late sign
Skin pale clammy sweaty and +- cyanosis
GCS altered or unconscious

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GCS eyes

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    1. Opens (4) spontaneously
    1. Opens to voice (3)
    1. Opens to pain (2)
    1. None (1)
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Verbal GCS scoring

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  1. Orientated (5)
  2. Confused (4)
  3. Inappropriate words (3)
  4. Inappropriate sounds (2)
  5. None (1)
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GCS Motor assesment

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  1. Obeys commands (6)
  2. Localises to pain (5)
  3. Withdraws from Pain (4)
  4. Flexion to Pain (3)
  5. Extension to Pain (2)
  6. None (1)
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Clinical weights for Paed patient

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Newborn - 3.5kg 
3 month - 6 kg 
6 month - 8 kg 
12 month - 10 kg 
Above 1 is formula = Age x2 + 8 =
10 and 11 is x 3.3
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Paeds age parameters

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Small infant < 3 months
Large infant 3-12 months
Small child 1-4 year old
Medium Child 5-11 year old

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Newborn (<24 hour) vitals

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HR 110-170
SBP > 60
RR 25-60

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Small infant (upto 3 months)

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HR 110-170
SBP > 60
RR 25 - 60

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Large infant (3-12 months)

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HR 105 - 165
SBP > 65
RR 25- 55

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Small child (1-4 year old)

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HR 85 - 150
SBP >70
RR 20-40

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Medium child (5-11)

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HR 70 - 135
SBP >80
RR 16-34

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Secondary survey

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Neuro
Cardiac
Respiratory
Git
Urinary
Skin
Trauma

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Secondary survey for Neuro

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Dizzy
Headache
LOC
Pupils
Visual disturbance

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Secondary survey for Cardiac

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Palpitations
Pain with breathing in

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Secondary survey for Resp

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Px Cough
breathing difficulties

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Secondary survey for GIT

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N&V
Soft to palpate
Distended
Pain to touch
BAs- Normal in freq, color, smell

33
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Secondary survey for Urinal

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UTI symptoms
Pain when urinating
smell
color
Temps

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Secondary survey for Skin

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Pale
Sweaty
Rash’s

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Secondary survey Trauma

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Neuro Assessment
Limb Assessment
- P- Pain
- I - Irregularity
- L - Loss of movement of power
- S - Swelling
- D - Deformity
- U - Un natural movement
- C - Crepitus
- T - Tenderness
Neurovascular assessment

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MASS

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Facial drooping
Bilateral grip push pull
Speech

37
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AEIOUTIPS

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A- Alcohol
E - Epilepsy
I - Insulin
O - Overdose
U - Underdose
T - Trauma
I - Infection
P - Pain, Psychosis, Poison
S - Stroke

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RASH

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Sudden onset of 2 or more of the following to a suspected exposure to a antigen (under 30 min upto 4 hr)
R - Respiratory distress
A - Abdomen symtoms
S - Skin
H - Hypotension

OR
Isololated respiratory distress with known exposure to a Known Antigen
OR
Isolated Hypotension SBP < 90 and exposure to a known antigen

39
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SIRS

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2 of the following
Temp >38 or < 36
HR > 90
RR > 20
CO2< 32

40
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Stroke Mimics

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  • Hyo/hyper glycaemia
  • Seizure
  • Migraine
  • Sepsis
  • Intoxication
  • Brain Tumor
  • Inner ear disorder (vertigo)
  • Subdural Haematoma
  • Syncope
  • Electrolyte disturbance
  • MS

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