QPA Flashcards
What is QPA
Quick priority assessment
Safety outside the room
Hand hygiene
Check for isolation precautions/risk precautions
Safety in the room environment
Free of clutter
Brakes on
Rails up
Check equipment
Bed down
General appearance
Patient responding
Patient moving
Airway
Open? Patient talking?
Breathing
Look and listen
Listen for dyspnea
Circulation
Observe skin colour, hand test
Radial pulse
Foot colour / temp
Capillary refill
LOC/LOO
Level of consciousness and level of orientation
- responding? Alert?
Orientation
- name place and time
What’s going in
Site to source
(O2, IV, etc)
What’s coming out?
Catheter, wound dressing, , NG tubes
Pain assessment
Region
Severity
Quality
Onset
Provocative/palliative
Timing
Understanding
Values
Complete vital signs
TPR, BP, o2
Focused assessment if necessary
Consider client medical diagnosis
Safety when leaving
Bed in lowest position
Rails up
Brakes on
Client has what they need
Call bell in reach
Inform when you will be back
