Analyzing a Scene

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Sizing Up the scene
Control the Situation (Stay Calm)
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Look for potential hazards
Asses whether there is anything that could harm the team, patient, or bystanders.
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Asses the Situation
Quickly gather any available information about the situation using your own senses and also asking questions of the patients or bystanders.
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Protect and Prioritize
Use personal protective equipment to protect yourself,others, and prioritize.
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Risk Assesment
Scene danger (hazardous material), number of injured patients, extent of the emergency, behavior of the patients, locations
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Form a general assessment
What happened, how serious
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Mechanism of Injury
What caused it? Trauma? Physical danger?
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Patients Responsivness
Alertness, ability to speak, unconscious?
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Stabilizing the Spine
Is there a suspected spinal injury depending on position and MOI?
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ABC's
Airway, partially/completely blocked? Can you feel the air? Noisy/High Pitched? Breathing, properly, rate, sporadic breaths? Circulation, Adequate pulse? Any bleeding?