Premergency First Aid, CPR and AED Manual

2 PREmergency Scene Management

Primary Assessment The Scene Assessment allows you to begin

PREMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT Scene Assessment Primary Assessment Responsiveness Airway Breathing Circulation Assess Responsiveness Assess Airway

understanding what happened. You assess real and possible hazards and threats. You protect yourself and you decide if you need additional resources like 911. While the Scene Assessment is a critical component of providing First Aid, you start providing direct patient care when you first greet a patient and obtain consent. The Primary Assessment has one goal. To identify and start treatment of immediate or possible life threats. The primary assessment looks at four vital signs : 1. Assess level of Responsiveness and determine consent. 2. Assess the Airway , identify and treat life threats. 3. Assess Breathing , identify and treat life threats. 4. Assess Circulation , identify and treat life threats.

Assess Breathing Assess Circulation Secondary Assessment Ongoing Care / Transport Hand-Off and Documentation

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