Analyzing a Scene

Sizing Up the scene

Control the Situation (Stay Calm)

Look for potential hazards

Asses whether there is anything that could harm the team, patient, or bystanders.

Asses the Situation

Quickly gather any available information about the situation using your own senses and also asking questions of the patients or bystanders.

Protect and Prioritize

Use personal protective equipment to protect yourself,others, and prioritize.

Risk Assesment

Scene danger (hazardous material), number of injured patients, extent of the emergency, behavior of the patients, locations

Form a general assessment

What happened, how serious

Mechanism of Injury

What caused it? Trauma? Physical danger?

Patients Responsivness

Alertness, ability to speak, unconscious?

Stabilizing the Spine

Is there a suspected spinal injury depending on position and MOI?

ABC's

Airway, partially/completely blocked? Can you feel the air? Noisy/High Pitched? Breathing, properly, rate, sporadic breaths? Circulation, Adequate pulse? Any bleeding?