Patient Assessment #1

Reorder the following

• Scene Size Up

• Secondary Assessment

• Primary Assessment

• Ongoing Assessment

Paying attention to the conditions and people around you throughout the call is:

• Scene Size-Up

• Situational Awareness

• Secondary Assessment

• BSI

Choose an example of what would be considered an 'additional resource'.

• AED

• Police

• BVM

• Gloves

The "H" in SHAMS determines:

• the amount of patients that you have.

• the need for things or personnel to make the scene safe.

• how the patient became ill or injured.

• if you should hold off transport until additional resources arrive.

The goal of the PRIMARY assessment is to:

• find and treat all life-threatening problems.

• find the exact cause of the illness or injury in order to treat it most efficiently.

• ensure that safety is the priority during the ambulance call.

• be as thorough in your assessment as possible so that every aspect of the illness is taken care of.

A patient who responds by groaning or speaking only when you pinch him is considered __ on the AVPU scale.

• alert and oriented

• responsive to verbal stimuli

• responsive to physical stimuli

• unresponsive

Organize these Primary assessment options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Airway

,

(b) Breathing

,

(c) Circulation

• skin check

• assess for major bleeding

• accessory muscle use

• respiratory rate

• pulse check

• OPA

• jaw thrust

• assessing lung sounds

• head tilt chin lift