Analyzing a Scene

Sizing up the scene

-Control the Situation (Stay Calm, extremely crucial to not cause extra tension)

Look for potential hazards

-Assess whether there is anything that could harm your team, the patent, or a bystander

Assess the Situation

-Quickly gather any available information about the situation using your own senses and also ask questions of the patient or the bystanders.

Protect and Prioritize

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

Risk Assessment

-Scene danger (hazardous material)

-Number of injured patients

-Extent of the Emergency

-Behavior of the patients

-Location

Form a General Assessment

-What happened?

-How severe is the accident?

Determine the mechanism of Injury

-What caused it?

Trauma?

Physical Damage?

Patient Responsiveness

-Alertness

-Ability to speak

-Too much pain to speak

-Unconscious

Stabilizing the Spine

-Is there a spinal injury suspected by position and MOI?

ABC’s of a Scene

^^A^^-Airway-Partially/completely blocked? Can you feel the Air? Noisy/High Pitched?

^^B^^-Breathing- Proper;y, rate, are the breaths sporadic?

^^C^^-Circulation-Adequete Pulse? Any bleeding?