Primary assessment & Vital Signs Flashcards
(41 cards)
List the GCS scale ?
Scene survey
Before you reach the patient
Driving up
Safety is the key
Looking for things like (chemicals, environment, number of patients hazards)
What are the eight things in scene surveys include (8) ?
PPE
Hazards
Scene time
Environment
Number of patients
Mechanism of injury
Bystander information
Resources
General impression of patient
Where are you? Have arrived at the scene but not her begin to assist the patient.
General impression includes (4) ? + what very important decision?
Distress ( breathing, crying, sweating JVD)
Tracking ( eyes/aware )
Life threats
Position
C-spine decision !!!!!!
Level of consciousness (AVPU)/ (A&0)
A=Alert (x1-4)
V=verbal
P= pain (trap squeeze)
U= unresponsive ( check pulse)
A&O
Place person time event
ABCDDD
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Deadly my check
Decision
Delegate
Questions to ask about airway ?
Is it open and Clear
Do I need intervention?
Questions to ask about breathing
Rate rhythm, quality
Do I need an intervention?
Questions to ask about circulation
Rate , Rhythm , quality
Skin check inside of lip
What to look for on a deadly wet check?
Do I head to toe looking for blood and any hollow spaces?
Decision
Unstable versus stable
Delegate
Vital
Moving
Treatment
What is blood pressure measured in?
What unit is blood pressure measured in ?
Measured in sphygmomanometer
Measured in millimetres of mercury mmgh
Three ways to measure blood pressure
Auscultated
Palpated ( only systolic blood pressure)
Or machine
Systolic blood pressure
Measures the pressure when the heart is contracting
Diastolic
Measures from the heart is at rest
Map =
What is the definition of Map ?
Mean, arterial pressure
Average pressure during one cardiac cycle
Normal blood pressure ranges and map ranges ?
120/80
Map of 65 at least
70- 100 is normal.
Map formula
Systolic +2 times the diastolic divided by three equals map
Hypertension, systolic and dystonic amounts?
Systolic is over 140
Diastolic is over 100
Hypotension in systolic and dystonic blood pressure
Systolic is under 100
Diastolic is under 60
What is a pulse?
Waves of pressure felt as the heart contracts
Blood leaving the left ventricle and following through the arteries
Where do we palpate a Pulse?
Where an artery pass is close to a bone
