EMT Curriculum

4.12.E.1

Situation: 22-years-old, dispatches as Shortness of Breath

SOB I

Scene Size-up:

Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Shortness of Breath Resources: ALS

Primary Assessment:

General Impression: Patient sitting in chair Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 22. Slightly labored Circulation:

Palpable pulse at wrist, warm/dry, no severe bleeding

Desired Response: Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam:

Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Wheezes Unremarkable

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Pulse: 92

96

96

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

BP:

116/82

114/76

112/62

Extremities:

Unremarkable

Resp:

22

20

18

SPO2: 94

97

97

Posterior :

Unremarkable

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I get this once in a while

Having trouble breathing

P: Q: R:

It does not change

A:

None

N/A

M:

Albuterol

NA

P: L: E:

Asthma

S: T:

7 /10

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1 hour

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OTHER: This patient has not had his inhaler because he cannot find it. If they help him look, it will be found and the students can administer it.