EMT Lesson Plans

3.13

Situa on: 48 year old, complaint of nausea/vomi ng

Nausea/Vomi ng I

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Pa ents: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Nausea Resources: BLS

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Person kneeling in bathroom – appears in distress Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 18 per minute, unlabored Circula on:

Palpable pulse at wrist, warm and dry, no severe bleeding

Desired Response:

Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam: Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear So , non-tender, at

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Pulse: 78

76

78

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

BP:

98/60

102/70

104/68

Extremi es: Unremarkable Posterior : Unremarkable

Resp:

12

12

12

SPO2: 96

97

96

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I’ve never been this sick before

I’ve been puking for 30 minutes!

P: Q: R: S: T:

Nothing changes it

A: M:

Latex None None

N/A N/A

P: L: E:

it’s 10/10 nausea 30 minutes ago

Gas Sta on Sushi – 1 hours ago I got home and started feeling sick

OTHER: