Pre-Scene/On Scene Evaluation

Question 1

What are the protocols for Crime Scenes?

Answer 1

Use your common sense and your intuition at Crimes Scenes (Death, assault, etc..) Touch only what needs to be touched. Don’t cut through knots or holes in clothes, only move the patient if needed to preform care. Urge rape victims not to wash, change clothes, drink, or use the bathroom.

Question 2

What are special considerations?

Answer 2

Special considerations could be Advanced Directives, medical tags (be aware of, RBS), suspected infectious disease (wear proper ppe and follow protocols, check your crew), abuse, injury caused by a weapon (notify police), organ donor (notify doctor), medical patches (look for patches, RBS), animals and kids (make sure they are taken care of). Use your common sense when dealing.

Question 3

What are the five stages of the grieving process?

Answer 3

Part of good patient care is helping people emotionally as well as medically. Knowing the 5 stages of the grieving process will help you communicate with and treat grieving patients. They are, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.

Question 4

What Does HEMPA stand for?

Answer 4

HEMPA Stands for Hazards, Environment, Mechanism of Injury, #Patients and Personal Protective Equipment, Advanced Care, ALS, BLS, CCP.

Question 5

What are some Hazards?

Answer 5

Some hazards are: Glass, Gas, Fire, Wire, Thugs, Drugs, and Bugs. MVI, (Airbags, bumpers, traffic, slopes)

Question 6

What are some environments to be aware of?

Answer 6

Wind, Cold, Hot, Wet, Snow, Water. Learn the Scene Environment beforehand and know how to deal with it.

Question 7

What is Mechanism of Injury?

Answer 7

Mechanism of injury is what caused the injury.

You should try to detail the mechanism of injury beforehand and ask critical questions about it.

Question 8

What is your personal protective equipment made up of?

Answer 8

Your PPE is made up of Reflective vests, eye protection, face shields, gloves, N95, gowns, boots, puke bags etc.

Always wear the correct PPE for the situation, make sure your crew is wearing the correct PPE, and account for all patients at a scene.

Question 9

Always Contact advance Care

Answer 9

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Question 10

Always have the Scene safe before you enter by:

Answer 10

Clearing or dealing with any potential Hazards, and by staging yourself upwind, uphill, and parked out of sight.

Enter scenes cautiously and always have good assess and egress.