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Levels of Response: AVPU scale
A Alert
V Response to Verbal Stimuli
P Response to Pain
U Unresponsive
The AVPU scale measures a patient’s responsiveness to indicate their
level of consciousness.
Sig...
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Medical Mnemonics Cheat Sheet
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Levels of Response: AVPU scale Rapid Trauma Assessment: DCAP-BTLS (cont)
A Alert P Punctures or Penetrations; Wound with relatively small opening
compared with the depth; produced by a narrow pointed object
V Response to Verbal Stimuli
B Burns; Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction,
P Response to Pain
electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
U Unresponsive
T Tenderness;The condition of being tender or sore to the touch.
The AVPU scale measures a patient’s responsiveness to indicate their
L Lacerations; A torn or jagged wound caused by blunt trauma;
level of consciousness.
incorrectly used when describing a cut.
S Swelling; Sign of inflammation; caused by the exudation of fluid
Signs vs Symptoms
from the capillary vessels into the tissue.
Signs are commonly distinguished from symptoms and both are
mnemonic to remember specific soft tissue injuries to look for during
something abnormal and relevant to a potential medical condition. A sign
assessment of a person after a traumatic injury.
is objective and is discovered by the health-care professional during an
examination whereas a symptom is subjective, observed and
experienced by the patient, and cannot be measured directly. Pain Assessment: “OPQRSTUV”
sIgn: something I can detect even if patient is unconscious.**
O Onset; When did it begin? How long does it last (duration)? How
sYMptom is something only hYM knows about.
often does it occur (time)? What were you doing when the pain
started?
Health History Assessment: SAMPLE
P Provoking or Palliating Factors; What brings it on? What makes it
S Symptoms better? What makes it worse?
A Allergy Q Quality; What does it feel like? Can you describe it (throbbing,
stabbing, dull, etc.)?
M Medications
R Region & Radiation; Does your pain radiates? Where does it
P Past Medical History
spread? Point to where it hurts the most. Where does your pain go
L Last Oral Intake from there?
E Events leading up to the illness or injury S Severity; What is the intensity (pain scale of 1-10, visual scales) of
the symptom? Right now? At worst? Are there any other symptoms
SAMPLE is often useful as a mnemonic for remembering key elements of
the patient’s health history. that accompany the pain?
T Time & Treatment; When did the symptoms first begin? What
Eyes Abbreviation medications are you currently taking for this? How effective are
these? Side effects?
Abbreviations for the eyes are often confusing. OU which stands for the
U Understanding & Impact; What do you believe is causing this? How
latin term Oculus Uterque means both eyes; OD for Oculus Dexter
referring to the right eye and OS for Oculus Sinister for the left eye. is this affecting your ADLs, you and/or your family?
Remember the mnemonic above to make sense of these abbreviations.
YOU look with BOTH eyes.
The RIGHT dose won’t OD [overdose].
The only one that is LEFT is OS
Rapid Trauma Assessment: DCAP-BTLS
D Deformities; Malformations or distortions of the body.
C Contusions; Injury to tissues with skin discoloration and without
breakage of skin; also called a bruise.
A Abrasions; Scrape caused by rubbing from a sharp object resulting
in surface denuded of skin.
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