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.
Understand the causes, signs and symptoms, and prehospital treatment for kidney injury
I continued my verbal assault until the patient apologized to me with tears in his eyes
The Colorado Springs Fire Department worked closely with the UCHealth hospital system to get the life-saving program off the ground
The acting director of EMS said the EMT’s actions “grossly departed from the appropriate standard of care”
An unconscious patient, with absent or ineffective breathing, may be in sudden cardiac arrest or have overdosed on an opioid; here’s how to assess and treat the patient
This issue features articles on the challenges of and lessons learned from several important innovations
Maximize learning from EMS patient care scenarios with learning objectives, clear briefing and pre-planning equipment
You are on scene with a patient who was found lying on the sidewalk with an altered level of consciousness; how can you obtain a history for a patient who cannot provide it himself?
You are dispatched to a report of a male found down on the sidewalk in a suburban neighborhood
Learn the age-related differences in a pediatric patient’s ECG and the changes to expect on a pediatric 12-lead ECG
Understanding your unconscious biases will make hiring decisions, disciplinary choices, relationships and clinical care more equitable
Students covered in fake blood or wearing fake arms with burns and injuries on them wandered around the college campus
The journey to Mission: Lifeline recognition for Paramedics Plus improved the STEMI system of care through better data capture, communication and trust
Show off your trauma knowledge with this quiz about trauma patient assessment and treatment
A special report published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine explains why all mass gatherings are not created equal
Interactive training materials are designed to empower bystanders to initiate simple lifesaving actions before EMS arrives
Individuals enrolled in the MIH program receive home visits from paramedics over a four-week period
Researchers analyzed charts for 2,100 patients who were 55 or older with head trauma who were transported to the hospital by EMS
EMS educators can improve sepsis patient outcomes by ensuring EMTs and paramedics have knowledge appropriate and impactful training
The study is the first independent evaluation of California’s 13 paramedicine pilot projects
You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press
Lt. Ron Bryant was dispatched to a call for an unresponsive female when he smelled something off
A mobile stroke unit offers specially trained personnel and equipment which can provide remote diagnosis and evidence-based management to patients for definitive treatment
Rehab patients are friends and co-workers, which requires additional awareness for rehab medical personnel and preplanning to administer over-the-counter medications
Impairment of language from stroke or other types of brain injury makes it difficult for patients to communicate
Test your ability to apply the SALT triage method to a collection of simulated MCI patients
A woman’s first contact with a paramedic or EMT resulted in a care difference of four minutes compared to their male counterparts
Technological progress will continue to transform how we connect with our community, one patient at a time
Use this information and the SEPSIS mnemonic to improve EMS recognition, assessment and treatment of pediatric sepsis
Peter Antevy, winner of the Anderson Award, answers the five questions he is asked most often at the 2017 Gathering of Eagles
Handheld, portable blood analyzers used by community paramedics to assess heart failure patients and make prehospital care decisions
As first on scene from the outside, firefighters and medics have an important role in stopping nursing home abuse
EMS providers can “Identify-Report-Refer” to help improve a patient’s health through strengthening the patient’s social connections
