Initial Assessment: B-SMNAC - ANS- BSI (body substance isolation);
- Scene Safety;
- Mechanism of Injury (MOI)/Nature of Illness (NOI);
- Number of Patients;
- Assistance (additional devices, Fire, Police, and many others.);
- C-spine (and/or C-collar)
Initial Assessment: G-CAAT - ANS- General Impression;
- Chief Complaints, Life Threats (hemorrhage);
- AVPU;
- ABC's (airway, respiration, circulation);
- Transport Decision (Load and Go or Stay and Play)
Components of General Impression - ANSASSS-FLOP-VD:
- Apparent country of health;
- Skin colour, apparent lesions;
- Signs of distress;
- Sexual improvement;
- Facial expressions;
- Level of focus;
- Odors;
- Posture, Motor, Gait;
- Vital information;
- Dress, Grooming, Hygiene
Components of AVPU - ANS- Alert;
- responds to Verbal stimuli;
- responds to Painful stimuli;
- Unresponsive
What is OPQRST? - ANSa mnemonic for remembering the inquiries to ask whilst assessing
the affected person's chief criticism or main symptoms
Onset - ANS- When and how did the symptom begin?
,- Ask the affected person if the onset was sudden or gradual.
- Also determine if the onset changed into associated with a particular activity.
Provocation/palliation: - ANS- What makes the symptom worse?
- What makes the symptom better?
Quality - ANSHow would you describe the ache?
Radiation - ANS- Where do you sense the ache?;
- Where does the pain cross?
Scale/Severity - ANS- On a scale from zero to ten, with 10 being the worst.
- How awful is the symptom?
Time - ANS- Determine if the symptom has been gift for minutes, hours, days, weeks,
months, or years;
- The period of time the signs and symptoms are present is crucial to document
Secondary Assessment: SAMPLE - ANS- Signs and Symptoms (records of present
problems);
- Allergies;
- Medications;
- Past Medical History, Pertinent Negatives;
- Last Oral Intake;
- Events (main to give: trauma or scientific)
Secondary Assessment: V-FITD - ANS- Vital Signs, baseline (VS);
- Focused Physical Exam (performed);
- Interventions (RX's in keeping with medical path, and many others.);
- Transport (re-evaluate decision);
- Detailed Physical Exam (verbalized);
Order of Initial Assessment - ANS- B-SMNAC;
- G-CAAT;
Order of Secondary Assessment - ANS- OPQRST-I;
- SAMPLE;
- V-FITD
S1 - ANS"Lub"
Caused by using the last of the Mitral (Bicuspid) and Tricuspid atrioventricular valves.
S2 - ANS"Dub"
Caused by blood last the semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic).
S3 - ANS"Ta"
Oft called the galloping heart, because of blood sloshing round in a compliant left ventricle.
,S4 - ANSA rare noise in the center of "lub," resulting from a failing left ventricle and
first-class heard inside the cardiac apex.
Ta-LUB-dub, ta-LUB-dub
Septum - 2 Sub Types - ANSSeparates the two halves of the coronary heart.
Interatrial and Interventricular
NSAID - ANSNonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
Antipyretic Agent - ANSInhibits Prostaglandins
Acts on hypothalamus, heat law center.
Vasodilation & Sweating
Platelet Inhibitor - ANSPrevents formation of thromboxane A2
Decreased Afterload Effects - ANSDecreased Arteriole Pressure = Decreased Aortic
Pressure = Left Ventricle Works Better
A parasympatholytic drug blocks the effects of the parasympathetic anxious system by
using? - ANSBinding to receptors and blocking the release of acetylcholine.
Sympathetic Nervous System - Other Name - ANSAdrenergic Nervous System
Medications generally administered via the subcutaneous course? - ANSInsulin
Epinephrine
Which of the following is NOT a shape of liquid drug? - ANSCapsule
Which of the subsequent physiologic responses could you assume to arise following
management of a drug that possesses alpha-1 (α1) houses? - ANSPeripheral
Vasoconstriction
The feature of a drug or the precise movement of a drug on an organism is called: -
ANSMechanism of Action
Cushing's Reflex (Define) - ANSAttempt by using the body to atone for a decline in cerebral
perfusion by using increasing the mean arteriole pressure.
Cushing's Triad - ANSSxS of Increased Intracranial Pressure
Increased Systolic Pressure
Widened Pulse Pressure
Decreased Pulse and Respiratory Rate
, PAT: Pediatric Assessment Triangle - ANSGeneral Appearance
Work of Breathing
Circulation to the Skin
Commotio Cordis - ANSA direct blow to the thorax during the hearts depolarization period -
probable causing the patient to revel in V-Fib.
Dromotropic Agent - Effect - ANSEffects the hearts conduction pace.
Effects the conduction pace of the AV Node, and in the end the fee of electrical impulses
inside the heart.
S3 - Indication - ANSMost normally heard within the early degrees of L-sided heart failure.
Coronary Artery Perfusion - Time of Occurrence - ANSDiastole
Glycogenolysis - ANSBreakdown of Glycogen - Creates Glucose
-Lysis - ANSBreakdown
Chloride - ANSMajor Extracellular Anion inside the Body
Inotropic - ANSContractility of the Heart
The greater the inotropic reaction, the more the contractile pressure.
Modifying force or speed of muscle contraction.
Effects the hearts contractile electricity.
P-Wave - ANSAtrial Depolarization
The first deflection on the EKG, represents atrial contraction.
QRS Complex - ANSVentricular Depolarization
Large spike indicating a quick discharge of electrical cutting-edge inside the ventricles.
SA Node - ANSSinoatrial Node
Responsible for the rhythm & price of the heart.
Depolarizes faster than any component of the cardiac conduction gadget.
Action Potential - ANSPolarization of the mobile, preparing it for discharge.
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