Patient Assesment: TRAUMA Flashcards
What is the first thing to do when assessing a trauma patient?
Take or verbalize appropriate body substance isolation precautions
What are the five steps of the scene size up?
Determine the scene/situation safety
Determine the mechanism of injury
Determine the number of patients
Request additional EMS assistance if necessary
Consider spinal stabilization
What are the four steps during the initial primary survey?
Verbalize the general impression of the patient
Determine the level of responsiveness
Determine the chief complaint or apparent life threats
Assess the ABC’S
What are the two things you do when assessing the airway?
Open and asses the airway, and insert or verbalize inserting an adjunct
What are the four things you do when assessing the breathing?
Assess the breathing
Assure adequate ventilation
Initiate appropriate oxygen therapy
Manage any injury that may compromise breathing
What are the four things you do when assessing circulation?
Check the pulse
Assess the skin
Assess for and control major bleeding
Initiate shock management (conserve body heat)
After the primary survey, what should the EMT do?
Identify patient priority and make treatment/transport decision based on the GCS
Attempt to obtain a _____________
SAMPLE HISTORY
During the secondary assessment and assessing the head, what three things must be assessed?
Inspect and palpate the scalp and ears
inspects the mouth, nose, and assesses the facial area
Assess the eyes
During the secondary assessment and assessing the neck, what three things must be done?
Check the position of the tachea
Check the jugular vein
Palpate the cervical spine
During the secondary assessment and assessing the chest, what three things must be done?
Inspect the chest
Palpat the chest
Auscultate the chest
During the secondary assessment and assessing the abdomen/pelvis, what three things must be done?
Inspect and plapate the abdomen
Assess the pelvis
Verbalize assessment of the genitalia
During the secondary assessment and assessing the lower extremities, what must be assessed?
Inspect, palpate, and assess motor, sensory and distal circulatory functions
During the secondary assessment and assessing the upper extremities what must be assessed?
Inspect, palpate, and assess motor, sensory and distal circulatory functions
During the secondary assessment and assessing the posterior thorax, lumbar and buttocks, what two things must be done?
Inspect and palpate the posterior thorax
Inspect and palpate lumbar buttocks area
