First Aid--Secondary Assessment--10-2

What are two steps for checking a responsive person (head-to toe examination)?

• Check the pulse.

• Check the chest and abdomen.

• Check speech.

• Check skin appearance and temperature.

Identify two steps performed during a secondary assessment.

• Take a brief medical history.

• Perform a head to toe examination.

• Check pulse.

• Check breathing.

• Obtain consent.

While checking a responsive person, what type of examination is performed after using SAMPLE to take a medical history?

• Temperature check

• Toe-to-head examination

• Pulse and breathing check

• Head-to-toe examination

These lifesaving markers may look like jewelry or be accessed on a smartphone. They provide necessary medical information in an emergency. What are they?

False or True: Head-to-toe examinations are performed on adults.

• False

• True

False or True: Toe-to-head examinations are performed on adults.

• False

• True

Before taking a child's medical history or doing a toe-to-head exam, it is important to do which of the following?

• Obtain consent from the parent if present.

• Obtain consent from the child.

• Assume consent is implied.

• Talk to the child at eye level. Speak in a slow, friendly manner.

True or False: Consent is implied for a minor in need of emergency medical assistance or whose parent or guardian is not present.

• True

• False

True or False: While on the job, first responders have a duty to act.

• True

• False

True or False: Good Samaritan Laws do protect first responders who have a duty to act.

• True

• False