Airway Interventions - ANSWER Re-position the head to a neural position
Open airway - chin lift, jaw thrust
Suction secretions - avoiding vagal stimulation
Not conscious - consider inserting orophargyngeal airway
, Breathing Assessment - ANSWER Do I have spontaneous respirations?
What is the rate and depth of respiratons?
Do I have symmetric chest rise and fall?
Breath sounds present, what is their quality?
What is the work of breathing - do I have nasal flaring, retractions, accessory muscle
use?
Interventions breathing - ANSWER Maintain a position of comfort
Provide supplemental O2
Not breathing adequately - provide bag mask ventilation AND reassess for the
effectiveness of breathing
Prepare for endotracheal intubation/RSI
Assessment of tube placement, insert gastric tube to reduce abd distention
Breathing assessment - ANSWER Do I have spontaneous respiration?
Do I have equal chest rise and fall?
What is the rate and depth of respiration?
What is the work of breathing - is there any nasal flaring, retractions, head bobbing?
Circulation assessment - ANSWER Central and peripheral pulse rate and quality
Skin color and temperature
Capillary refill
JVD and tracheal position - trauma
Circulation interventions - ANSWER CPR/ALS
Control obvious bleeding
Obtain IV access
Adminster 20ml/kg fluid bolus and reassessment of circulatory assessment
Administer blood or blood productions
Disability assessment - ANSWER AVPU - awake/alert, verbal, responds to pain,
does not respond/unconscious
Pupils equal round reactive to light
E - ANSWER Exposure and Environmental Control
Exposure and Environmental Control Assessment and Interventions - ANSWER
Look for obvious skin abnormalities
Sources of heat loss
Apply warm blankets
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