Primary Survey Flashcards
What does SUNMD stand for?
- Scene Safety
- Universal Precautions
- number of casualties
- mechanism of injury
- Do I need backup?
What is scene size up?
How you prepare for a specific situation from the moment you are called into action until you finally reach your patient
What does mechanism of injury refer to?
What really happened/ how it happened
What does ALS stand for?
Advanced Life Support
What is a primary survey used for ?
Systematic organised assessment, designed to be complete in under 1 minute
- assign their clinical status
- identify and treat life threatening injury’s
What is the most significant threat to life?
Lack of adequate tissue oxygenation
Where do u take the pulse on an unconscious patient?
Carotid pulse
Where on a conscious patient do u take the pulse
Radial pulse
How do you assess level of consciousness?
AVPU
What does AVPU stand for?
- alert
- Verbal
- pain
- unresponsive
What does PEARRL stand for?
Pupils Equal And Round Reactive Light
What is a rapid physical assessment?
A quick head to toe examination of a patient to quickly identify the potential for hidden injuries or identificable causes not found in initial assessment
What is the clinical status of a patient?
- Life threatening
- serious not life threatening
- non-serious or non- life threatening
What is the maximum time on scene for life threatening trauma m?
10 minutes
What is the nmeumonic used to get a patients history?
SAMPLE
SIGNS and symptoms
ALLERGY
MEDICATIONS
PERTINENT medical history
LAST meal
EVENTS leading up to injury
