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11 Cards in this Set
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BSI (Body Substance Isolation) |
Appropriate gloves, masks, or gowns worn before approaching patients at every scene |
Create a barrier between you and substances |
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Mechanism of Injury |
Result of trauma |
Injured |
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Nature of Illness |
Result of medical sickness |
Illness |
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C-spine |
Action of stabilizing the neck and head to prevent/protect spine injury |
Stability |
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General Impression |
What you can tell about the patient by just looking at them |
Before you touch, what do you see? |
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AVPU(Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive) |
Nemonic to remember to determine if patient is alert, responds to verbal stimuli, responds to painful stimuli, or unresponsive. |
Are they here? |
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Chief Complaint |
refers to what the patient or patient proxy feels is wrong with patient |
What did they say is wrong? |
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Apparent life-threats |
Visual obvious complications that can immediately compromise life of patient |
If you see it, fix it. |
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ABCs |
Airway, Breathing, Circulation; the most important thing to maintain until arrival at facility |
Now I know my ABCs, THIS TIME you can sing with me! |
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OPQRST |
Onset- when did this start? Provocation-what caused this? Quality- what does it feel like? Radiation- does it radiate? Severity- rate 1-10? Time- how long has it been? |
Get the info |
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SAMPLE |
Signs and symptoms Allergies Medications Past pertinent Hx Last oral intake Events leading |
Get a taste of what happened |
