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EMT entrance exam North Seattle
College Primary and Secondary
Assessment Acronyms and Signs
and Symptoms Exam/Q’s and A’s
Amount of Injury - -Type of Energy applied
how quickly the energy is applied
the part of the body to which the energy is applied

-Mechanism of Injury (MOI) - -The way in which an injury occurs and the
forces involved in producing the injury

-blunt trauma - -any mechanism of injury that occurs without any actual
penetration of the body

-Penetrating trauma - -any mechanism of injury that causes a cut or
piercing of skin

-Nature of Illness (NOI) - -medical condition that resulted in the patient's call
to 911

-Signs and Symptoms - -Sight (Inspect-assess pts body and behavior) Sound
(auscultate-why pt called for assistance, breathing)
Touch (Palpate-skin temp, swelling, pain)
Smell (identify signs odors associated with specific problems)
Used to discover this:

-Appearance Breathing Circulation - -Primary Survey Pt. 1: Forming general
impression
ABC

-Airway Breathing (Ventilation) Circulation (Perfusion) Disability
(Minineurological exam) Expose - -Primary Survey Pt. 2: Check Airway, level
of responsiveness, cervical spine protection
ABCDE

-Identify Priority Patients - -Primary Survey Pt. 3:

-ABC ABCDE ID Priority Patients - -Primary Survey Overview and Acronyms

, -Vitals, SAMPLE, OPQRST, Head to toe Exam - -Secondary Survey Overview
and Acronyms

-General Impression - -60 sec or less, first part of primary survey,
Does the patient appear stable? Stable but is potentially unstable? Unstable?
ABC

-Alert
Verbal Stimuli
Painful Stimuli
Unresponsive - -AVPU - scale measuring level of responsiveness assessed
during Disability phase of Primary Survey

-Person Place Time Event - -A&O X (1-4) scale used to describe level of
responsiveness

-Capillary Refill - -Assessment of Circulation:
Normal: Less than 2 Seconds
Delayed: 3-5 seconds
Markedly Delayed: More than 5 seconds

-Altered Level of Consciousness - -ALOC

-Alcohol Epilepsy Insulin Overdose Uremia Trauma Infection Psychiatric
Poisoning Shock Stroke - -AEIOU-TIPPS Common Causes of Altered Mental
Status

-Deformations Contusions Abrasions Punctures penetrations Burns
Tenderness Lacerations Swelling - -DCAP-BTLS (Physical exam secondary
survey)

-Deformities
Open injuries
Tenderness
Swelling - -DOTS (Physical exam secondary survey)

-Baseline Vital Signs - -Initial Set of Measurements. When possible take two
or more sets of this during secondary survey

-Stridor Snoring Wheezing Gurgling Crowing - -Abnormal Respiratory
Sounds

-Peripheral Pulse - -pulse located away from the heart (Radial, Femoral,
Dorsalis Pedis)

-Size Equality Reactivity - -Pupils Assessment checks these things

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