Patient Assessment
Patient assessment is the process an EMT or paramedic follows to evaluate an injured or ill patient. The process includes a scene size-up, which is the identification and mitigation of risks, a primary assessment to find and fix life threats and a secondary assessment to perform a focused history and physical exam of the patient. Each step is an opportunity to collect information that will guide treatment and inform a transport decision. In the EMS1 Patient Assessment topic find the latest news about patient assessment and top resources to improve your patient assessment skills.
In some cases, our medical monitoring equipment alert is the precursor to a rapidly deteriorating patient who appears normal
In this eBook, learn about optimal patient positioning, securing an airway with facial trauma involvement and the benefits of the bougie in airway management
You are on scene with a patient who has sustained a significant injury; how do you decide whether to use red lights and sirens?
Seven victims were shot inside a Tumbler Ridge secondary school, and two were found dead at a connected residence
Emergency crews responded to a Wellesley daycare after children developed skin irritation from commercial dish soap mistakenly used for handwashing
Handheld ultrasound devices on all Thurston County ambulances are helping paramedics diagnose critical conditions faster and deliver more targeted treatment
Here’s what EMS providers should know about the updated standards, national assessments and opportunities to improve pediatric care together
The report indicates that Good had four gunshot wounds, and paramedics found her pulse “inconsistent”
Dr. Maia Dorsett on why complete vital signs and avoiding TBI complications matter more than rare “sexy” procedures
Research Monitor
Lessons in preparing for high-risk intubations and avoiding peri-intubation hypotension
Go back to the basics with a thorough understanding of pediatric appearance, breathing and circulation warning signs, and the cardinal rule of pediatric assessment
Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann discusses diseases of the upper and lower airways
Understand how monitoring tools can be used to guide treatment for COPD exacerbations
An exterior construction elevator fell from the second floor of a seven-story hotel under construction during Turning Stone’s expansion project in Verona
As you apply BLS and ALS protocols, this case is a reminder to thoroughly, thoughtfully and compassionately assess and treat patients, erring on the side of caution
How to assess and when to transport patients injured by tear gas, pepper spray or rubber bullets
Bystanders say EMS providers were forced to approach on foot after law enforcement vehicles obstructed access to the scene where a woman was shot in the head
The city of Southfield agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit tied to the 2020 Timesha Beauchamp case, in which she was pronounced dead by paramedics and later found alive at a funeral home
40 people were killed and about 115 injured in the Crans-Montana blaze, with authorities sending critically burned patients to specialty centers in neighboring countries
When the conditions are ripe, the distinction between intoxication and a diabetic emergency can easily be blurred
Critical insights on the safe administration of ketamine, versed, lorazepam, ativan and haloperidol
A wrongful death lawsuit claims Hayward police and Falck paramedics repeatedly failed during the restraint and chemical sedation of a suspect, intensifying scrutiny of use of midazolam
A Bloom Township resident died after a carbon monoxide incident that also sent three civilians and seven firefighters to hospitals
Just days after deploying portable carbon monoxide monitors, Monongalia County EMS crews detected lethal gas levels at a restaurant medical call
Eleven Salisbury firefighters were among the injured when a roof collapsed during an offensive attack on a house fire after a gas line explosion
A damaged underground gas line in Ashland triggered a powerful explosion and fire
Crews used a tourniquet and rope rescue techniques to free and lower a South Windsor worker from the top of a canned beverage processing machine
An experienced backpacker had to be rescued after sinking thigh-deep in cold, flowing sand during a trek in Arches National Park
Use the chronological approach to tell a vivid story about a patient encounter, the care provided and your competence as an EMS provider
MOST POPULAR
- EMS access delayed amid fatal ICE shooting response in Minneapolis, witnesses say
- Ga. firefighter’s hand severed in sword attack
- 44 ambulances respond after pepper spray use breaks up fight in Fla. school
- Mich. officials settle lawsuit for $3.25M after patient wrongly declared dead by EMS
- ‘This is evil': Authorities find multiple improvised explosives inside truck in New Orleans attack