EMT Curriculum

3.12.C.1

Situation: 24-year-old, dispatches as active labor

Misc Medical I

Scene Size-up:

Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Active Labor Resources: BLS

Primary Assessment:

General Impression: Woman in chair panting Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 22 per minute, unlabored Circulation:

Palpable pulse at wrist, warm-sweaty, no severe bleeding

Desired Response: Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam:

Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Gravid

Pulse: 106

108

108

Pelvis:

No water break,

BP:

106/78

102/76

108/80

bloody show, or crowning

Resp:

22

22

22

Extremities:

Unremarkable

SPO2: 96

96

96

Posterior :

Unremarkable

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

1 previous pregnancy Nothing changes it

I’m having contractions

P: Q: R:

A:

None

N/A N/A

M:

Prenatal vitamin

P: L: E:

Pregnant

S: T:

it’s 10/10 1 hour ago

Ice cream and sardines – 1 hour ago

Was reading magazine when

contractions started

OTHER: 1 Previous pregnancy to term, contractions are 10 minutes apart, no complications expected, good prenatal care, no findings at the vagina