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.
Lessons from a learning community, Part 2
Steve Whitehead shares how to avoid legal action, negligence or malpractice with the golden rule
Steve Whitehead and Dr. David Tan discuss the EMS response to a patient who is allegedly drunk and has been seen by providers many times in the past
Providing care on the snow covered prairie reconnected me with my paramedic roots and reminds me there are many ways for paramedics to be caregivers
Types of crush syndrome, including traumatic asphyxiation and suspension trauma, described by Bryan Bledsoe in EMS Today presentation
You are on scene with a patient who was choking on food; is your primary assessment as efficient as possible?
You are dispatched to a restaurant for a report of a man choking
Officials believe the high levels were caused by a snow-melting machine outside of the building
Test your knowledge of neonatal resuscitation and pediatric patient care with this quiz
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
Test your ability to apply the START algorithm to a collection of simulated MCI patients
Discuss your duty to extricate a patient from a remote location and what equipment is available to you
Follow these methods to successfully assess and treat older patients
Measuring the time to epinephrine administration as a continuous variable shows time-dependent nature of epinephrine administration
EMTs can easily learn how to use capnography as a patient assessment and monitoring tool
Better understanding and further scientific study of the mesentery could lead to less invasive surgeries, fewer complications and faster patient recovery
Follow the mantra “a patient isn’t dead unless they are warm and dead” based on assessment findings and knowing resuscitation contraindications
The project is also using local paramedics to fill gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis patients
On-the-job advice culled from interviewing EMTs and paramedics with more than 30 years of field experience
Using an altered version of a protein found in the brain called neuroglobin, researchers were able to reverse the effects of a lethal dose of carbon monoxide in mice
Responders arrived to the scene, but had to be airlifted to a medical facility with specialized equipment for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
Your patient takes a medication you aren’t familiar with and needs to be treated using a protocol you haven’t reviewed recently; do you have the right apps on your phone to assist?
You are dispatched to a report of a patient suffering from a seizure
Understanding the underlying cause of a patient’s behavioral changes is necessary to assure accurate treatment is started
Capnography guided care gives EMS providers the information they need to improve survival for patients who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
This damage can result in long-term impairment, such as behavioral abnormalities, reduced impulse control, emotional outbursts, violence and even suicide
Dr. Stanley Phillips III was killed in a 2013 ambulance crash while transporting a neonatal patient
RSI can be lifesaving when appropriately applied or deadly if not performed with a high-level of proficiency and accuracy
Conn. judge and jury find that Good Samaritan immunity protects paramedics, not employers
Acute flaccid myelitis is a condition that affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord
How will you care for a teenager who intentionally asphyxiated himself and is now unresponsive with agonal respirations?
