EMT FISDAP Trauma Review
1. Scene size up: Saftey. Yes? No? Then make it safe. BSI gloves.
Number of patients. General impression (gender, age) chief
complaint. MOI (mechanism of injury), AVPU (how alert are they)
2. Before coming of an ambulance always have: Body substance isolation
(BSI, gloves). Always assume body fluids are hazardous.
3. Triage: The process of sorting patients based on the severity of
each patients conditions.
4. Trauma: Outside force that caused injury to patient.
5. High priority (Load and Go): Uncontrollable breathing, missing limbs,
uncon- scious/unresponsive, cardiac/respiratory arrest, unmanageable
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, airway, major trau- ma.
6. Low priority (stay and play): Everybody else. Short of breath/chest
pain. Fall. Minor fracture. Minor trauma.
7. CUPS: Critical, Unstable, Potentially unstable, Stable
8. ABC: If patient has signs of life.
9. CBA: If patient appears lifeless, no pulse
10.AVPU: Alert, responsive, response to pain, unresponsive
11.Assess level of consciousness: Pinch earlobe, press down on bone
above eye, pinch neck muscles
12.Use jaw lift for?: Use technique for trauma patients
13.Use head tilt chin move for?: Use technique for medical patients
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1. Scene size up: Saftey. Yes? No? Then make it safe. BSI gloves.
Number of patients. General impression (gender, age) chief
complaint. MOI (mechanism of injury), AVPU (how alert are they)
2. Before coming of an ambulance always have: Body substance isolation
(BSI, gloves). Always assume body fluids are hazardous.
3. Triage: The process of sorting patients based on the severity of
each patients conditions.
4. Trauma: Outside force that caused injury to patient.
5. High priority (Load and Go): Uncontrollable breathing, missing limbs,
uncon- scious/unresponsive, cardiac/respiratory arrest, unmanageable
1/
, airway, major trau- ma.
6. Low priority (stay and play): Everybody else. Short of breath/chest
pain. Fall. Minor fracture. Minor trauma.
7. CUPS: Critical, Unstable, Potentially unstable, Stable
8. ABC: If patient has signs of life.
9. CBA: If patient appears lifeless, no pulse
10.AVPU: Alert, responsive, response to pain, unresponsive
11.Assess level of consciousness: Pinch earlobe, press down on bone
above eye, pinch neck muscles
12.Use jaw lift for?: Use technique for trauma patients
13.Use head tilt chin move for?: Use technique for medical patients
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