When Assessing Any Patient the Paramedic Should Remember That
The patients hands are turned downward at the wrists. As the patient wishes to be addressed. Pin By Laura Clark On Emt Emt Study Emt Emt Paramedic Someone who is not experiencing crushing chest pain may still be having an MI. . Further assessment reveals that the patient is apneic and pulseless. Memorizing a checklist is hard. Learning a systematic orderly way to do something that already makes sense to you is. I think if you really understand why you are assessing each point and think of the assessment as less of a checklist and more of a systematic head-to-toe rapid assessment it may be a little easier. When assessing any patient the paramedic should remember that. PATIENT ASSESSMENT DEFINITIONS Scene Size-up Steps taken by EMS providers when approaching the scene of an emergency call. When assessing any patient the paramedic should remember that. - most patients will have low blood pressure and hypergly...