Sunday, February 8, 2009

Intial Assesment

General Impression: Age/race/gender
Audibile breathing noises
Mechanism Of Injury(MOI)/Nature Of Illness(NOI)
Bodily Fluids
E(i)minate life threats
Resposiveness
Position/movement
Color

Patient Piority/transport decision
C-Spine Stablization - first time you will touch patient
Assess Resposivness - first time you will talk to patient
Chief Complaint
Airway - Is it open? Is it clear?
Breathing - Is it present? Is it adequate? Is the chest wall intact?
Circulation - Pulse: Is it present? Are the radial and cariotid equal?
Level Of Consciousness - Alert
Verbal stimulus response
Painful stimulus response
Unresponsvie
Traspost Descision/need for ALS backup










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