Assessment

▾EMR• What is the purpose of the Primary Survey?

• Describe AVPU.

• How would you assess for response to pain?

• How can you use Level of Consciousness to assess Airway?

• How can you use Positioning to assess Airway?

• How can you use “sounds” to assess Airway?

Assessment

• What three criteria do you assess on Breathing?

• What criteria do you use to assess for Circulation?

• List signs and symptoms of shock.

• List the situations in which it is appropriate to interrupt the primary survey to administer a treatment.

Assessment

▾EMT• The “General Impression” in the Primary Survey is designed to have you categorize patients into one of three categories. What are they?

• The most appropriate method to manually open a patient’s airway initially is to use the _________.

• List the steps you would use in your Primary Assessment.

Assessment

▾Paramedic• Discuss the role of capillary refill in patient assessment including its use in assessing systemic shock versus extremity circulation in all age groups.

• What is an appropriate “brief neurological exam” that should be conducted in the Primary Assessment in the field setting by a Paramedic?