Secondary Assessment

Secondary Procedures Procedures (Ch 24)

Multiple Choice

What are the steps of the primary assessment?

• airway, breathing, circulation

• assessment, breathing, circulation

• airway, breathing, compression

​Secondary Assessment

Recognize Vital Signs.

​- Pulse (normal = 60-80 beats/min)

- Respirations​ (normal = 12-20 breaths/min)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the normal range for a pulse?

• 80-100

• 70-90

• 60-80

Multiple Choice

Normal respirations are .....

• 12-20 per minute

• 10-25 per minute

• 11-22 per minute

• 5-30 per minute

Multiple Choice

Respiration means _________________?

• one expiration

• one inspiration

• one inspiration and one expiration

• hold breath

Multiple Choice

How do we measure respirations?

• put two fingers on patients wrist

• watch the rise and fall of the patient's chest

• use a thermometer under the tongue

• listen with your stethoscope

Let's Practice finding pulses/respirations!

​ASSESS VITALS

Let's Practice assessing pupils!

​ASSESS VITALS

Multiple Choice

Someone experiencing a sensory response would experience

• sweating

• numbness/tingling

• bleeding

• inability to move

Multiple Choice

Hypoxia means

• lack of oxygen

• too much oxygen

• jaundice

• normal breathing

Multiple Choice

What is the average body temperature for adults?

• 96.8

• 94.3

• 97.8

• 98.6

Multiple Choice

V means what to AVPU?

• Violent

• Verbal

• Vital Signs

Multiple Choice

You determine a person is in shock, you should do each of the following except:

• have them lie down

• give the person water

• keep them from being chilled or over heated

• monitor them

Multiple Choice

What should you do to control bleeding?

• Apply direct pressure, elevate and rest

• Apply antiseptic to the wound

• Give the patient an aspirin

• Apply a tourniquet

Multiple Choice

Which of these is true about giving care to an unconscious person?

• the person can not give any form of consent

• only EMT's can give care

• you assume the person gives consent

• you can only give care to a child or an infant

Multiple Select

What skin colors indicate a medical emergency?

• yellow

• red

• white

• blue

Multiple Choice

Vital signs are important because they...

• Are a requirement doctors must make for every patient

• Signify if your brain is functioning properly

• Are clues for diagnosing illnesses and diseases

Multiple Choice

What vital sign is being taken?

• Body temperature

• Pulse rate

• Respiration Rate

• Blood pressure