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.
Four distinct events must occur in order for an anaphylactic reaction to manifest
Skilled actor patients offer a practical, impactful way to teach EMS providers respect for diversity, enhancing critical thinking, interpersonal skills and public trust
An easy patient assessment activity you can incorporate in any classroom
A full life weighs more than an empty one, but who I have become because of my EMS experience has made me a better friend and caregiver
End-tidal carbon dioxide is an irrefutable indication for any type of airway adjunct
Our co-hosts talk about a new tool this mother developed to train EMS on working with autistic patients
You were asked to assess and treat a potential stroke in a 39-year-old man found unresponsive while working out; did you make the right call?
You are asked to respond to the fitness room at a local hotel
Standardizing the transition of care helps improve patient safety and ensure the patient’s care is smooth and no information is lost
Organize your trauma kit so regular intravenous catheters are not mixed with catheters with backflow preventing or blood control valves
The teacher said he started to feel numbness in his hand before falling to the floor
It is important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with similar symptoms, and to avoid performing inappropriate needle decompression
Learn the signs and symptoms for this significant pediatric airway and ventilation emergency
Health care accreditation and safety organizations have cited alarm fatigue as a top patient safety risk
The Excellance, Inc. ambulance allows medics to perform CT scans of suspected stroke patients and transmit images to neurologists
Review the subtle signs of an acute ST-elevation MI with this case of a man presenting with “heavy” chest pain
The children’s mother found them in their bedroom and she attempted CPR
Use ETCO2 monitoring to avoid inappropriate hyperventilation, recognize abnormal respiratory patterns and guide care
Understanding how carbon monoxide attacks the body is the first step in protecting against it
How did you do? Make sure to share your results and challenge your EMS colleagues to match or beat your score
I make sure people suffering from alcoholism receive the same level of professionalism as every other patient
Deputies were on scene and saw the woman move and called for the ambulance to come back
Look for these signs and symptoms to identify patients suffering from smoke inhalation and cyanide poisoning
You are staged at a house fire when you are advised that a victim has been located
Improperly used or maintained patient care and devices can cause harm to patients and providers
An ultrasound machine, while not an exact replacement, gives the soldiers something similar to a CT scan or X-ray machine
Understand the origins of sepsis criteria and what the new sepsis definitions mean for EMS assessment and treatment of septic patients
Understand the findings of the amiodarone vs. lidocaine vs. plain saline (ALPS) trial and what those findings mean for EMS providers
Waveform capnography can be used to detect respiratory and circulatory compromise from anaphylaxis in children and to guide treatment
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