EMT Curriculum

3.11.C.1

Situation: 61-year-old, dispatched as fall

Unconscious Arrest I

Scene Size-up:

Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: MOI – fall (?) Resources:

BLS, but should reconsider to ALS later

Primary Assessment:

General Impression: Person on ground supine Mental Status: Unresponsive Airway: Patent Breathing: Apneic Circulation:

Normal pulse at wrist, warm/dry, no severe bleeding

Desired Response: Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam:

Head:

Unremarkable Left pupil blown Unremarkable

Neck:

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear

Vitals: 1

2

3

Pulse: 52

58

58

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

BP:

182/110

178/108

176/102

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

Resp:

0

0

0

Extremities:

Unremarkable

SPO2: 82 Bagged: 93

72 93

66 94

Posterior :

Unremarkable

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: (bystander) S:

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

He just dropped what was in his right hand and then

P: Q: R:

collapsed – he didn’t fall or hit head A: Not available M: hydrachlorothiazide (HCTZ) P: Hypertension L: Not sure E:

S: T:

15 minutes

We were just walking down the street

OTHER: