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State indications to perform a rapid medical assessment; takes or verbalizes appropriate PPE
precautions - Correct Answers indications = AMS or unconscious medical pt
ASSESSES THE HEAD - Correct Answers - palpate DCAP-BTLS: scalp, skull, face, eyes, ears, nose,
mouth
- assess for: blood/secretions in ears, nose, mouth; pupil size equality and reactivity; vomitus,
secretions, or other airway obstruction; breath odor and color of mucosa in mouth
ASSESSES THE NECK - Correct Answers - palpate DCAP-BTLS: anterior and posterior
- assesses for: tracheal deviation or tugging or tracheostomy tube; JVD; accessory muscle use
when breathing; medical ID
ASSESSES THE CHEST - Correct Answers - palpate DCAP-BTLS: clavicles, sternum, l/r laterals, left
and right posterior
- assesses for: retractions (supraclavicular, suprasternal, and intercostal); depth of respiration
and symmetry of chest
- auscultates apices, bases, equality, and sounds
ASSESSES THE ABD - Correct Answers - palpates DCAP-BTLS: LUQ, RUQ, LLQ, RLQ, r/l flanks
- assesses for: distension, rigidity, tenderness, pulsating masses, surgical scars
ASSESSES THE PELVIS - Correct Answers - indicate would NOT palpate if obvious deformity
- compress inward and downward on the iliac crest assessing for: instability, crepitus, DCAP-
BTLS, incontinence, and priapism