Primary Survey Flashcards
What is D
Danger
Is there any danger?
What is R
Response
AVPU
Alert
Voice
Pressure
Unresponsive
In response
What is the first C
Cat bleed
Tourniquet
Hemostatic gauze
Blast bandage
What is A
Airways
Check mouth
Just suction or postural drainage
Head tilt chin lift
Jaw thrust if don’t want to move
Put in oral and nasophrangal tubes
What is B
Breathing
Watch chest 10 sec
If no movement CPR
If 1 breath go to bag valve mask 1 breath every 6 seconds
If 2 to 3 they are ok
Agnoal breath - dead
What is second C
Circulation
Check pulses wrist and neck
15 sec x4 = bpm
60 -100 ideal
Lowest 40
Highest 120
Check capillary refill press 5 sec, should be normal after 2
Blood on floor 4 more
Chest pelvis abdomen long bone
What is the second D
Disability
Can they feel where you are touching
Can they press against you
What is E
Environment is it safe and weather conds OK
Expose take clothes off to examine
Evaluate keep checking the situation
What is risen in breathing
R ate both hands on chest
I njuries check all over chest
S ymmetry are both hands moving
E ffort how much effort to breath
N eck can you see tracheal deviation