Assessment Skills

Basic ADLS Principles for Completing the Red Survey

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As Emergency Medical Providers, we conduct our actions in the way that we have been trained

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Scene Survey

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Patient Assessment

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Essential Skills 2

It’s called “Business as Usual”

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Business as Usual

Exceeds # of Rescuers Red Survey Scene Safe?

Yes Incident Command?

No Yes No Number of Victims Park and Wait Park and Wait More Rescuers than Patients Primary Survey 4

When you have one victim, or enough rescuers to take care of your victims, then use usual patient assessment skills 5

Primary Survey Secondary Survey Third Survey 6

Primary Survey

The first look for threats to life

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Primary Survey LOC / Airway / Cspine

Respiratory Rate and Labor Circulation: Pulses (RQ/NW) Skin CMT/CRT Neck: Appearance / JVD /Trachea Chest: CLAPPD / BS / HT Quick Survey of Abd, Pelvis LE, UE, and Back

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Secondary Survey A Meticulous Head to Toe Assessment when Time Permits and when Further Diagnosis is required 10

Third Survey LOC Airway Breathing Circulation …and any other pertinent positive or negative from the initial assessment 11

Third Survey Perform Every Five Minutes on a sick patient 12

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But WHAT do we do When we have a Possibly dangerous scene And a BUNCH of sick or Injured people???

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Red Survey

“Rapid Evaluation of Disaster”

Incident Survey

Casualty Survey Life-saving Skills and Interventions

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Red Survey

“Rapid Evaluation of Disaster”

Incident Survey ABCDE

Casualty Survey ABCDE Life-saving Skills and Interventions ABCDE

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Summary Through the application of standard principles of scene assessment, patient surveys, and lifesaving skills, the ADLS Provider can maintain organization and efficiency in times of distress 17

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