WEEK1- Scene safety and assessing an unconscious patient (PRIMARY SURVEY)

Question 1

How long should a primary survey be conducted in?

Answer 1

60-90 seconds

Question 2

What’s the correct order of the primary survey?

Answer 2

DANGER (smart, ppe, end of bed assessment-pat) RESPONSE (avpu), consent, AIRWAYS,BREATHING, CIRCULATION

Question 3

What does pat stand for and mean?

Answer 3

Patient assessment triangle, APPEARANCE (eyes closed/lying on the floor), BREATHING ( present/normal), CIRCULATION (pale/sweaty/cyanosed)

Question 4

What does avpu assess and what does it stand for?

Answer 4

assesses a patients level of consciousness (LOC). Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive.

Question 5

What is a lack of capacity?

Answer 5

An inability of patients making decisions because of an impairment or disturbance in the function of the brain

Question 6

What to do with consent with an unconscious patient?

Answer 6

Work in their best interest under the doctrine of necessity and mental capacity act 2005.

Question 7

What are the types of airway management?

Answer 7

An OPA, NPA, IGEL

Question 8

What is a patent airway?

Answer 8

When the airway is open and clear

Question 9

What are the airway maneuvers

Answer 9

remember to inspect first (scissor technique) 2 types of manoeuvres are head tilt chin lift or jaw thrust

Question 10

How to work out the respiratory rate and heart rate

Answer 10

count chest rise and fall for 15 seconds then x4
feel and count pulse for 15 seconds then x4

Question 11

4 types of pulses

Answer 11

carotid(neck ), radial(wrist), bracial(middle of elbow and bicep), femoral(public bone)

Question 12

What’s primary positive and primary negative?

Answer 12

Primary negative: no issues with any of the primary survey
Primary positive: there was an issue and intervention is needed