Primary Survey

Question 1

What does SUNMD stand for?

Answer 1

• Scene Safety
• Universal Precautions
• number of casualties
• mechanism of injury
• Do I need backup?

Question 2

What is scene size up?

Answer 2

How you prepare for a specific situation from the moment you are called into action until you finally reach your patient

Question 3

What does mechanism of injury refer to?

Answer 3

What really happened/ how it happened

Question 4

What does ALS stand for?

Answer 4

Advanced Life Support

Question 5

What is a primary survey used for ?

Answer 5

Systematic organised assessment, designed to be complete in under 1 minute
- assign their clinical status
- identify and treat life threatening injury’s

Question 6

What is the most significant threat to life?

Answer 6

Lack of adequate tissue oxygenation

Question 7

Where do u take the pulse on an unconscious patient?

Answer 7

Carotid pulse

Question 8

Where on a conscious patient do u take the pulse

Answer 8

Radial pulse

Question 9

How do you assess level of consciousness?

Answer 9

AVPU

Question 10

What does AVPU stand for?

Answer 10

• alert
• Verbal
• pain
• unresponsive

Question 11

What does PEARRL stand for?

Answer 11

Pupils Equal And Round Reactive Light

Question 12

What is a rapid physical assessment?

Answer 12

A quick head to toe examination of a patient to quickly identify the potential for hidden injuries or identificable causes not found in initial assessment

Question 13

What is the clinical status of a patient?

Answer 13

• Life threatening
• serious not life threatening
• non-serious or non- life threatening

Question 14

What is the maximum time on scene for life threatening trauma m?

Answer 14

10 minutes

Question 15

What is the nmeumonic used to get a patients history?

Answer 15

SAMPLE

SIGNS and symptoms
ALLERGY
MEDICATIONS
PERTINENT medical history
LAST meal
EVENTS leading up to injury

Question 16

What is the OPQRST pain assessment?

Answer 16

ONSET: what was happening when the pain started
PROVOCATION: does anything make the pain better or worse?
QUALITY: can you describe the pain? is it sharp/dull/stabbing?
REFERRAL: does the pain move anywhere?
SEVERITY: can you rate the pain on a scale of 1-10?
TIMING: when did the pain start?

Question 17

In what time intervals are an unstable patient’s vitals taken?

Answer 17

5 minutes

Question 18

In what time intervals are astable patient’s vitals taken?

Answer 18

15 minutes