Basics

Question 1

Primary Survey

Answer 1

• Nervous
  – A-VPU
  – MOI Spine
• Respiratory
  – Airway
  – Breathing
• Circulatory
  – Pulse
  – Severe Bleeding

Question 2

Mental Status Mechanisms STOP EATS

Answer 2

• Sugar
• Temperature
• Oxygen
• Pressure

Question 3

Mental Status Mechanisms STOP EATS

Answer 3

• Electricity/Epilepsy
• Altitude
• Toxins
• Salts (low salts/electrolytes)

Question 4

Primary Survey Goal

Answer 4

Find it Fix it Fast

Question 5

A-VPU

Answer 5

A Awake, alert, oriented
A- Awake, confused, disoriented
V Voice responsive
P Pain responsive
U unresponsive

Question 6

STOP

Answer 6

• Stabilize
• Think
• Observe
• Plan

Question 7

Sick/Not Sick

Answer 7

• Alert? (Nervous)
• Work of Breathing? (Resp)
• Skin & Pulse? (Circul)

Question 8

SAMPLE History

Answer 8

• Symptoms
• Allergies
• Medications
• Past & Pertinent History
• Last ins & outs
• Events

Question 9

Pain Assessment OPQRST

Answer 9

• Onset
• Provoke
• Quality
• Radiation
• Severity
• Time

Question 10

Secondary Survey

Answer 10

• SAMPLE History
• Vitals
• Physical Exam

Question 11

Scene Survey

Answer 11

• Safety
• Numbers
• Mechanism of Injury

Question 12

Secondary Survey Goal

Answer 12

Complete then Treat

Question 13

Physical Exam

Answer 13

Look, listen & feel for
- Tenderness
- Swelling
- Wounds
- Deformity
- Discolouration
- Medic Alert tags
- Chest sounds

Question 14

Vital Signs

Answer 14

• Pulse (rate & rhythm)
• Respiration (rate & work of breathing)
• Skin (colour, temp, moisture)
• A-VPU