Chapter 13 ~ Patient Assessment

Scene size-up, primary assessment, secondary assessment

Alert

Trauma

Radial

Brachial

Liver disease

3 seconds

2 seconds

Capillary refill

Suction the airway

Primary assessment

Focused

unstable

Bruising to the abdomen

Tenderness

Chest

2

Vomiting

Sign

Bowel sounds

Crepitation

Secondary assessment

Past medical history

Patient

History

Jugular vein distention

Reassessment