EMT Curriculum

3.12.E.2

Situation: 38-year-old, dispatches as nausea/vomiting

Nausea/Vomi ting II

Scene Size-up:

Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Nausea Resources:

BLS turns into ALS

Primary Assessment:

General Impression: Person on work site sitting in chair w’bucket in front of him Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 16 per minute, unlabored Circulation: Palpable pulse at wrist, warm and dry, no severe bleeding

Desired Response: Primary then focused secondary (might go from medical to trauma)

Physical Exam:

Head:

Large swollen area on top of head

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear

Vitals: 1

2

3

Pulse: 62

62

58

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

BP:

156/102

162/106

168/106

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

Resp:

16

16

16

Extremities:

Unremarkable

SPO2: 94

94

94

Posterior :

Unremarkable

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I’ve never had this Nothing changes it

I’m really sick to my stomach!

P: Q: R:

A:

None

N/A N/A

M:

Synthroid

P: L: E:

Hypothyroidism Pizza – 1 hour ago

S: T:

it’s 10/10

20 minutes ago

Started 10 minutes after I was hit in the head with some wood from the roofing job

OTHER: