Medical Assesment. Flashcards
What else would you assess?
The need for additional resources
How many patients
Consideration of c-spine immobilization
Determine the NOI
What will you assess before beginning the initial medical assessment.
Ppe
Assess scene for:
Human, biological and environmental hazards
What is the initial assessment.
establish responsiveness by gently shaking and shouting.
What would you do if the patient is unresponsive but appears to be breathing.
If I did not see breathing I would check for breathing.
My initial impression is that the patient appears to be stable.
Physical initial Assessment
Pt. 1
Put hand on patients forehead and perform a head tilt chin lift
Physical initial assessment.
Pt. 2 and 3
Applies firm backward pressure with hand on head.
Lifts chin upward.
Initial physical assessment.
Part 4 and 5
Places index and middle fingers of other hand under bony part of jaw near chin.
Fingers shouldn’t press deeply.
What would you state at this point.
I see breathing.
Check what for obstructions using what
Airway
Tongue jaw lift
Then I would state
No obstruction noticed
How much time would I check for what rise and fall
Chest for
5 seconds
Check what after chest rise and fall?
Circulation
Asses pulse for how many seconds
10
Patient is breathing. What would you do if you found none?
Ventilate patient using a BVM at 15lpm
Give two breaths
Please begin your medical assessment and management of a upright and conscious sitting patient. What do you do first?
Approach and introduce
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