Primary Assessment

Primary Assessment is (Select all that apply)

• ABCDE

• Airway

  Breathing

  Circulation

  Disability

  Exposure

• The initial assessment and management of a patient

• For junior nurses only

Airway assessment comes after breathing

• True

• False

PQRST stands for

• Pain, Quality,

  Radiation,

  Severity & Troubles

• ECG waveform

• Pain, Quality, Radiation, Severity & Time

• Pain, Questions, Radiation, Sensitivity & Tools

A strong radial pulse indicates

• Your patient is dead

• A systolic BP over 90mmHg

• That there is no need to do a blood pressure

• A systolic BP over 80mmHg

You can skip exposure if you are busy

• True

• False

Would you rather?

• Suction a trachy

• Clean someones dry feet

Would you rather

• Clean up malena diarrhoea

• Clean up VRE diarrhoea

Would you rather

• Work with your work bestie every day for the rest of your career

• Never have to work ever again

Would you rather

• Never look after a confused patient who constantly tries to get out of bed again

• Never change a pad again