Primary Assessment

What are the steps of primary assessments?

• airway, breathing, circulation

• assessment, breathing, circulation

• airway, breathing, compression

• none of the above

General impression is formed in the first 20 seconds of observation.

• True

• False

How is mental status determined in a patient?

• Responsive to voice

• Responsive to pain

• Unresponsive

• all of the above

What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult?

• 16-20 breaths per minute

• 18-20 breaths per minute

• 12-20 breaths per minute

• 10-18 breaths per minute

You determine the presence of breathing by look, listen and feel?

• True

• False

How do you determine adequate circulation in a patient?

• check for breathing

• assess for a pulse

• use an AED

• none of the above

What is used to evaluate effectiveness of air movement?

• Stethoscope

• AED

• Thermometer

• All of the above

Use of accessory muscles is an assessment that you look for?

• True

• False

When a person is not awake what should you do to their airway?

• Open

• assess

• suction

• secure

• all of the above

If there is an absence of the carotid pulse what should you do next?

• listen to lungs with a stethoscope

• listen to heart with a stethoscope

• start chest compressions

• none of the above