EMT Med/Trauma Overview

What is SAMPLE and what is it used for?

What is OPQRST and what is it used for?

What is DCAP-BTLS and what is it used for?

Match the following

• trauma emergency

• Secondary assessment in trauma

• Focused physical exam

• Primary assessment in trauma

• Rapid head-to-toe

• NOI

• Detailed head-to-toe

• Assessment in medical

• medical emergency

• MOI

This is SOAP note, you are going to click on the drop tab to pick your answer.

A cross country athlete comes into the training room. They tell they their knee is really hurting after they fell down at the meet yesterday. ​ (a)   You look at the knee and notice it is swollen. You ask the athlete to rate their pain and they say 7/10, you measure the range of motion and they are lacking over 15 degrees compared to the other knee. ​ (b)   When you perform your palpations and special test you find a lot of pain over the meniscus, lack of range of motion, and weakness. ​ (c)   You talk to the athletes mom and decide going to the doctor for further evaluation and possibly an MRI is the best idea at this time ​ (d)  

• Subjective
• Objective
• Assessment.
• Plan
• Observation
• Preparation

If a EKG technician is having difficulty assessing respirations by viewing patient chest rise and fall, what is another way to count respirations?

• Place hand on patient's back to feel respirations

• Document unable to assess

• Tell patient to breath harder

• Make up a normal number of breaths per minute and document