EMT Acronyms

Question 1

Stomach pain assessment questions

Answer 1

SAMPLE, OPQRST, Pregnant, pain with urination, blood in stool?

Question 2

SAMPLE

Answer 2

• Signs and symptoms
• Allergies
• Medications
• Past medical history
• Last in’s and out’s / Pain with bathroom use
• Events leading up to chief complaint

Question 3

Pain

Answer 3

OPQRST

• Onset
• Provocation (anything make it better or worse?)
• Quality (e.g. crampy, constant, sharp, dull, etc.)
• Region / radiation / referred
• Severity (0 – 10 scale)
• Time (duration/repetition)

Question 4

Possible reasons for stomach pain

Answer 4

• Pneumonia or pulmonary embolus
• Liver (hepatitis)
• Peptic ulcer disease/gastritis
• Gallbladder
• MI
• Pancreatitis
• Kidney stone
• Abdominal aneurysm
• Appendicitis
• Bladder/prostate disorder
• Pelvic (PID, ectopic pregnancy, or ovarian cyst)
• Spleen enlargement
• Diverticulitis
• Bowel obstruction
• Gastroenteritis (infectious)
• Ovarian or testicular torsion

Question 5

PASTE

Answer 5

Progression - How fast did this become a problem?
Associated Chest Pain
Sputum - Productive cough? Green phlegm?
Talking - Can they talk without stopping to breath?
Exercise tolerance - Are they fat? Would they be tired if they walked up the stairs?

Question 6

PENMAN

Answer 6

P - Precautions
E - Environment
N - Number of victims
M - Mechanism of injury or a nature of illness
A - Additional resources
N - Need for c-spine

Question 7

GACABCD

Answer 7

G - General Impression
A - Alert to verbal, pain or unresponsive.
C - Chief Complaint
A - Airway (patent, adjunct)
B - Breathing (rate, sp02, oxygen)
C - Circulation (blood sweep, skins, pulse, treats for shock)
D - Drive. Priority patient expedite transport. (Based on GCS)

Question 8

Beck’s triad

Answer 8

JVD
Muffled Heart Sounds
Hypotension

Pericardial Tamponade

Question 9

DCAPBTLS-IC

Answer 9

Deformities
Contusions
Abrasions
Penetrations
Burns
Tenderness
Lacerations
Swelling
Instability
Crepitis

Question 10

Vertical Nystagmus

Answer 10

Eye fluttering when looking up

Question 11

When is it important to ask with a shortness of breath patient?

Answer 11

Associated chest pain / PASTE

Question 12

IVFIR

Answer 12

I - Inspect, Palpate, Auscultate
V - Vitals
F - Field Impression
I - Intervention
R - Reassess (every 15 min for stable, 5 min for unstable)

Question 13

GCS

Answer 13

Glasgow Glaucoma Scale
Eyes, Verbal, Motor

Eyes
1 - Unresponsive
2 - Responsive to pain
3 - Responsive to voice
4 - Normal

Verbal
1 - Nothing
2 - Sounds
3 - Words
4 - Confused
5 - Normal (AOx3)

Motor
1 - No movement
2 - Decerebrate posturing
3 - Decordicate posturing
4 - Withdraws from pain
5 - Localized pain
6 - Normal movements

Question 14

Poisoning

Answer 14

SLUDGE

S - Salivation
L - Lachrymation
U - Urination
D - Defecation
G - Gastro Intestinal
E - Emesis

Question 15

APGAR

Answer 15

Appearance
Pulse
Grimace
Activity
Respirations

Question 16

AMS

Answer 16

AEIOUTIPS

Alcohol
Epilepsy
Insulin
Overdose
Under-dose
Trauma
Infection
Psychiatric
Stroke

Question 17

Triad

Question 18

Triad

Question 19

Stroke

Answer 19

FAG’S-T

Facial
Arm drift
Grip
Sugar
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Time