SECONDARY ASSESSMENT 4
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ chief complaint
Answer: the patient's complaint in his own words
◉ trauma assessment
Answer: the part of the secondary assessment that is performed on a
patient who has an injury
◉ medical assessment
Answer: the examination of someone with an illness
◉ when do you perform a rapid assessment?
Answer: if the patient is unstable or has a significant MOI
◉ stable
Answer: a term used to describe a patient who is not likely to get
worse in the immediate future
◉ unstable
,Answer: a term used to desire a patient who has a high likelihood of
getting worse in the immediate future
◉ secondary assessment
Answer: the component of the patient assessment that includes the
physical examination and medical history of the patient
◉ significant mechanism of injury
Answer: a type of MOI that has a strong likelihood for multiple oran
system injury
◉ National Trauma Triage Protocol
Answer: a systematic approach for assessing and categorizing
trauma patients developed by the CDC; used to determine whether
or not the patient should be transported directly to a trauma center
◉ interventions
Answer: anything that the EMT does to comfort or provide care for
the patient
◉ what are some signs of a stable patient?
Answer: -A&O
-no complaint of chest or abdomen pain
, -absence of recent trauma
-no uncontrolled bleeding/blood loss
-normal breathing
-normal vital signs
◉ what are some signs of an unstable patient?
Answer: -GCS<14
-significant chest or abdomen pain
-significant MOI
-uncontrolled bleeding
-breathing difficulty
-abnormal vital signs
◉ what are some indicators that a patient is at risk for becoming
unstable?
Answer: -unexplained changes in mental status
-unexplained sudden vital sign changes
-patients who develop new (additional) complaints
◉ anatomical approach
Answer: proceeds in a head-to-toe direction, addressing each area or
region of the body in a systematic fashion
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ chief complaint
Answer: the patient's complaint in his own words
◉ trauma assessment
Answer: the part of the secondary assessment that is performed on a
patient who has an injury
◉ medical assessment
Answer: the examination of someone with an illness
◉ when do you perform a rapid assessment?
Answer: if the patient is unstable or has a significant MOI
◉ stable
Answer: a term used to describe a patient who is not likely to get
worse in the immediate future
◉ unstable
,Answer: a term used to desire a patient who has a high likelihood of
getting worse in the immediate future
◉ secondary assessment
Answer: the component of the patient assessment that includes the
physical examination and medical history of the patient
◉ significant mechanism of injury
Answer: a type of MOI that has a strong likelihood for multiple oran
system injury
◉ National Trauma Triage Protocol
Answer: a systematic approach for assessing and categorizing
trauma patients developed by the CDC; used to determine whether
or not the patient should be transported directly to a trauma center
◉ interventions
Answer: anything that the EMT does to comfort or provide care for
the patient
◉ what are some signs of a stable patient?
Answer: -A&O
-no complaint of chest or abdomen pain
, -absence of recent trauma
-no uncontrolled bleeding/blood loss
-normal breathing
-normal vital signs
◉ what are some signs of an unstable patient?
Answer: -GCS<14
-significant chest or abdomen pain
-significant MOI
-uncontrolled bleeding
-breathing difficulty
-abnormal vital signs
◉ what are some indicators that a patient is at risk for becoming
unstable?
Answer: -unexplained changes in mental status
-unexplained sudden vital sign changes
-patients who develop new (additional) complaints
◉ anatomical approach
Answer: proceeds in a head-to-toe direction, addressing each area or
region of the body in a systematic fashion
