Primary Survey (done)

Question 1

if their is only a crotic pulse what does it show

Answer 1

systolic blood pressure is above 60

Question 2

if their is a radial pulse what does it show

Answer 2

that systolic blood pressure is above 90

Question 3

the saying ‘blood on the floor and four more’ what are the four places you would look

Answer 3

head
torso- abdomen
lower limbs
long bones- think pelvis

Question 4

what would you hear for hyperresonance of the chest

Answer 4

hollow like a drum, signs of a lot of air

Question 5

what is pallor

Answer 5

pale not getting enough oxygenated blood to the skin

Question 6

what is cyanosis

Answer 6

blue lips or finger tips due to inaffective breathing

Question 7

what side is the recovery postion

Answer 7

left lateral side

Question 8

what are the signs of dyhydration

Answer 8

dry mucosa and dry tounge

Question 9

how to tell if the bleeding is a venous bleed

Answer 9

constant trickle

Question 10

what does an arterial bleed look like

Answer 10

constantly pumping, bright. red and rate of a heart beat

Question 11

when assessing a colour (circulation) what are you looking for

Answer 11

pale 
flushed 
cyanosied 
clammy 
normal colour 
perfused or unperfused

Question 12

What is the Primary survey acronym?

Answer 12

Danger
Response 
Catastrophic haemorrhage
Airway
Breathing 
Circulation 
Disablity 
Exposure

Question 13

what is the patient assessment triangle ?

Answer 13

Appearance
Effort of breathing
Colour

Question 14

Whats the acrynym for levels of response ?

Answer 14

Alert
responsive to voice
responsive to pain
unresponsive

Question 15

How to you check airways?

Answer 15

Look
Listen
Feel

Question 16

How to check for breathing ?

Answer 16

Inspect
Palpate
percuss
Ausculate

Question 17

Whats the normal respiratory rate ?

Answer 17

12-16

Question 18

How to check circulation?

Answer 18

Asses pulse rate, volume rhythm

capillary refill time

Question 19

What does ‘scene’ stand for ?

Answer 19

S- Safety
C- Cause of illness or injury 
E- Environment 
N-Number of patients 
E- Extra resources need

Question 20

What to do with a time critical airway

Answer 20

Positioning (siting them up)
Suction (Try postural drainage when getting the suction ready) 
Opa
Npa 
Supraglottic Airway

Question 21

What to consider when doing a jaw thrust

Answer 21

Consider the spinal cord

Question 22

What to look for when inspecting the breathing

Answer 22

Resp rate <10 or >30
Adequacy and depth of chest movement 
Symmetry of chest movement 
Effectiveness of ventilation 
Cyanosis (blue lips or finger tips) 
Position of trachea

Question 23

What does cyanosis mean

Answer 23

Where your skin or lips turn blue

Question 24

What to look for when palpate

Answer 24

Any instability of chest wall
Areas of tenderness
Depth and equality of chest movement

Question 25

What to look for when percussing

Answer 25

Look for dullness ( build up of fluid

Look for hype-resonance ( sounds like a drum, full of air)

Question 26

What to look for when ausculate

Answer 26

Use 6 spots in primary survey
Altered breathing patterns 
Airway comprised 
Additional sounds 
Absence of sounds 
Asses for air entry

Question 27

What’s the acronym for breathing

Answer 27

F- feel 
L- look
A- Auscultate 
P- percuss
S- search

Question 28

What to do on circulations

Answer 28

Reassess catastrophic haemorrhage 
Skin colour and temperature 
Palpate pulse- radial > carotid > femoral 
Assess pulse rate, volume and rhythm 
Capillary refill time

Question 29

What to look in disability

Answer 29

Reassess AVPU
Pupil size, equality and response to light
Check. For purposeful movement in all for limbs
Check sensory function
Blood glucose Levels
Complete fast test

Question 30

What is the fast test

Answer 30

Facial weakness
Arm weakness
Speech
Time of onset

Motor
Sensation
Circulation

Question 31

What to do when expose

Answer 31

Asses for other life threatening injuries
All over assessment
Consider temperature