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AAHI_Card set 12 (Primary survey practice)
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- 1What are the steps to a primary survey?Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure - 2A patient is vomiting, and can't seem to clear her airway. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Airway
The patient's airway is potentially occluded by the vomitus - 3The patient is hemorrhaging. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Circulation
The patient is loosing blood volume.
BP will decline. - 4The patient is shallow breathing. RR is 6 rpm What part of the primary survey is relevant?Breathing
The breathing is shallow and therefore is ineffective.
Pt is profoundly bradypnoeic. - 5The patient is unresponsive to touch and voice. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Disability.
The patient is experiencing a decline in neurological function. - 6The patient's HR is 133, and is irregular. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Circulation.
Alterations in HR impacts on the patient's ability to maintain good circulation/perfusion. This is because a high HR can lead to a significant drop in BP. - 7The RR is 36, shallow, and irregular. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Breathing.
The breathing is shallow and is therefore ineffective. Oxygenation likely to be poor.
Pt is tachypnoeic. Meets MET criteria. - 8You expose the patient and notice that her leg is shortened, and internally rotated. What part of the primary survey is relevant?Exposure.
Remove clothing and sheets to perform a head to toe assessment.
Likely # NOF, and cause of patient's deterioration. - 9Patient has an audible wheeze. He is sitting upright, and is able to talk to you clearly. Appears to have an increased WOBBreathing.
As the patient is able to communicate, we can assume his airway is clear.
Increased WOB resulting from bronchoconstriction and possible hypoxaemia. - 10Patient is clutching at their throat. Evidence of central cyanosis. You can hear a stridor.Airway.
Patient appears to have and acute and significant occlusion to their upper airway. - 11The patient is alert and orientated. RR 20, regular with good depth. BP is 120/88. HR 89 regular. Appears well perfused (pink).ABCD is intact.
- 12The patient has fallen, is lying on the ground, and appears to be pale. HR 110 weak and thready. BP 89/40.Circulation.
Tachycardia, hypotension, and pale appearance indicates potential bleed, given the 'fall' history.
Check for internal or external bleeding. - 13Patient is acutely confused and disorientated.Disability.
Confusion and disorientation indicates alterations in neurological functions. - 14The patient is experiencing periods of apnoea for up to 15 seconds.Breathing.
Cessation of breathing for prolonged periods of time. MET call.
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- Diploma Básico AAHI_S1_2021 FlashCards sobre AAHI_Card set 12 (Primary survey practice), criado por Tafe Teachers SB em 06-08-2019.
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