EMT Curriculum

3.12.F.1

Situation: 21-year-old, dispatched as Shortness of Breath

Shortness of Breath I

Scene Size-up:

Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Difficulty Breathing Resources: ALS

Primary Assessment:

General Impression: Person standing on street – appears in distress Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 22 per minute - labored Circulation:

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 wheezy

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

Pulse: 96

92

94

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

BP:

122/70

124/78

128/78

Extremities:

Unremarkable

Resp:

22

22

22

SPO2: 92

92

91

Posterior :

Unremarkable

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I have this once in a while

Can’t breathe!

P: Q: R:

Nothing changes it

A:

None None

N/A N/A 7/10

M:

P: L: E:

Asthma

S: T:

Sandwich 45 minutes ago

30 minutes

Waiting for the bus

OTHER: