MOD 3 68W STUDY GUIDE
Scene Size-Up - Answer -steps taken when approaching the scene of an emergency
call: checking scene safety, taking standard precautions, noting the mechanism of injury
or nature of the patient's illness, determining the number of patients, and deciding what,
if any, additional resources to call for. (SNNAC)
Danger Zone - Answer -the area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other
incident within which special safety precautions should be taken.
Mechanism of Injury - Answer -a force or forces that may have caused injury.
Penetrating Trauma - Answer -injury caused by an object that passes through the skin
or other body tissues.
Blunt-force trauma - Answer -injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin
or other body tissues
index of suspicion - Answer -awareness that there may be injuries - based on
mechanism of injury
nature of the illness - Answer -what is medically wrong with a patient
Primary Assessment - Answer -the first element in a patient assessment; steps taken
for the purpose of discovering and dealing with any life-threatening problems. The six
parts of primary assessments are: 1) forming a general impressing 2) assessing mental
status 3) assessing airway 4) assessing breathing 5) assessing circulation 6)
determining the priority of the patient for treatment and transport
Interventions - Answer -actions taken to correct or manage a patient's problems
General Impression - Answer -impression of the patient's condition that is formed on
first approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and
appearance.
Chief Complaint - Answer -in emergency medicine, the reason EMS was called, usually
in the patient's own words.
Levine's Sign - Answer -Clutching the chest
Mental Status - Answer -level of responsiveness (AVPU)
AVPU - Answer -a memory aid for classifying a patient's level of responsiveness or
mental status. Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive.
, ABCs - Answer -Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Priority - Answer -the decision regarding the need for immediate transport of the patient
versus further assessment and care at the scene
High Priority Conditions - Answer -Poor general impression, unresponsive, responsive
but not following commands, difficulty breathing, shock, complicated childbirth, chest
pain consistent with cardiac problems, uncontrolled bleeding, severe pain anywhere
Vital Signs - Answer -outwards signs of what is going on inside the body, including
respiration; pulse; skin color/temperature/condition/(capillary refill time in children);
pupils; blood pressure
Pulse - Answer -the rhythmic beats felt as the heart pumps blood through the arteries
pulse rate - Answer -the number of pulse beats per minute (30 x 2)
tachycardia - Answer -a rapids pulse; any pulse rate above 100 beats per minute
bradycardia - Answer -a slow pulse; any pulse rate below 60 beats per minute
pulse quality - Answer -the rhythm (regular or irregular) and force (strong or weak) of
the pulses
Radial Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt at the wrist
Brachial Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt in the upper arm
Carotid Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt along the large carotid artery on either side of the
neck
Respiration - Answer -the act of breathing in and breathing out
respiratory rate - Answer -the number of breaths taken in one minute
respiratory quality - Answer -normal or abnormal (shallow, labored, or noisy) character
of breathing
respiratory rhythm - Answer -the regular or irregular spacing of breaths
Shallow Breathing - Answer -only slight movement of the chest or abdomen
Labored breathing - Answer -increase in the word of breathing, use of accessory
muscles, nasal flaring, and retractions (pulling in) above collar bone/between ribs.
Stridor possible.
Scene Size-Up - Answer -steps taken when approaching the scene of an emergency
call: checking scene safety, taking standard precautions, noting the mechanism of injury
or nature of the patient's illness, determining the number of patients, and deciding what,
if any, additional resources to call for. (SNNAC)
Danger Zone - Answer -the area around the wreckage of a vehicle collision or other
incident within which special safety precautions should be taken.
Mechanism of Injury - Answer -a force or forces that may have caused injury.
Penetrating Trauma - Answer -injury caused by an object that passes through the skin
or other body tissues.
Blunt-force trauma - Answer -injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin
or other body tissues
index of suspicion - Answer -awareness that there may be injuries - based on
mechanism of injury
nature of the illness - Answer -what is medically wrong with a patient
Primary Assessment - Answer -the first element in a patient assessment; steps taken
for the purpose of discovering and dealing with any life-threatening problems. The six
parts of primary assessments are: 1) forming a general impressing 2) assessing mental
status 3) assessing airway 4) assessing breathing 5) assessing circulation 6)
determining the priority of the patient for treatment and transport
Interventions - Answer -actions taken to correct or manage a patient's problems
General Impression - Answer -impression of the patient's condition that is formed on
first approaching the patient, based on the patient's environment, chief complaint, and
appearance.
Chief Complaint - Answer -in emergency medicine, the reason EMS was called, usually
in the patient's own words.
Levine's Sign - Answer -Clutching the chest
Mental Status - Answer -level of responsiveness (AVPU)
AVPU - Answer -a memory aid for classifying a patient's level of responsiveness or
mental status. Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive.
, ABCs - Answer -Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Priority - Answer -the decision regarding the need for immediate transport of the patient
versus further assessment and care at the scene
High Priority Conditions - Answer -Poor general impression, unresponsive, responsive
but not following commands, difficulty breathing, shock, complicated childbirth, chest
pain consistent with cardiac problems, uncontrolled bleeding, severe pain anywhere
Vital Signs - Answer -outwards signs of what is going on inside the body, including
respiration; pulse; skin color/temperature/condition/(capillary refill time in children);
pupils; blood pressure
Pulse - Answer -the rhythmic beats felt as the heart pumps blood through the arteries
pulse rate - Answer -the number of pulse beats per minute (30 x 2)
tachycardia - Answer -a rapids pulse; any pulse rate above 100 beats per minute
bradycardia - Answer -a slow pulse; any pulse rate below 60 beats per minute
pulse quality - Answer -the rhythm (regular or irregular) and force (strong or weak) of
the pulses
Radial Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt at the wrist
Brachial Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt in the upper arm
Carotid Pulse - Answer -the pulse felt along the large carotid artery on either side of the
neck
Respiration - Answer -the act of breathing in and breathing out
respiratory rate - Answer -the number of breaths taken in one minute
respiratory quality - Answer -normal or abnormal (shallow, labored, or noisy) character
of breathing
respiratory rhythm - Answer -the regular or irregular spacing of breaths
Shallow Breathing - Answer -only slight movement of the chest or abdomen
Labored breathing - Answer -increase in the word of breathing, use of accessory
muscles, nasal flaring, and retractions (pulling in) above collar bone/between ribs.
Stridor possible.
