HLTH 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sample History, Avpu, Respiratory Sounds
7 Mar 2017
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Important to avoid injury to self so as to not delay care. Signs of potential hazards: determine if event is a trauma or medical situation, look for smoke or fire, determine rate of traffice, determine if objects will impede response time, holes, uneven terrain, glass. Indentify potentially hazardous material/gases: look for bl near patient and determine probable cause, examine scene for downed electrical wires, look for unpredictable interference. Identify animals that may thwart care: unruly persons (fighting, suspicion of alcohol/drug use, call police and wait. Managing the scene: provide protection for, 1. Initial assessment: complete within 15seconds of arrival on the scene, extremely rapidly, purpose: to determine life-threatening conditions/problems, not breathing, unconscious, spurting bright red bl out. Breathing, circulation: airway, assess concurrently while assessing injury& mental status, patient talking &alert abcs are apparent, patient unresponsive, sins: struggling to breathe, drooling, to open airway: head-tilt, chin-lift, or jaw-thrust maneuvers to open airway, harder on mannequins.
