RATED A+
1. Patient History: Signs and Symptoms
A llergies
M edications
P ast Medical History
L ast Oral Intake
E vents that led to the current Illness or Injury
2. Signs and Symptoms of the Presenting Complaint: Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Association (signs/symptoms associated with)
Timings
Exacerbating or Relieving Factors
Severity
3. Primary Survey: General Impression
Catastrophic Haemorrhage
Airway (Consider C-Spine)
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
4. General Impression: First immediate assessment of patient.
Consider:
PPE
Patient Positioning
Patient who fail to respond are critically ill until proven otherwise
5. Catastrophic Haemorrhage: Bleeding likely to cause death in minutes.
6. Airway: Look
Listen
Feel
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