EMT Lesson Plans

3.14

Situa on: 30-year-old, complaint of hand injury

Isolated Injury I

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Pa ents: 1 Mechanism/Nature: MOI – hand injury Resources: BLS

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Person in chair holding hand Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 12 per minute, unlabored Circula on:

Missing 2 ngers

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

Desired Response:

Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam: Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

Extremi es: Missing pointer and middle nger on right hand.

Posterior :

Unremarkable

SAMPLE: S:

Vitals: 1

2

3

I cut my ngers o !

Pulse: 72

72

74

A: M:

None None None

BP:

116/70

112/78

118/80

P: L: E:

Resp:

12

12

12

Bagel 2 hours ago Using my table saw

SPO2: 98

98

98

OTHER: