EMT Lesson Plans

3.13

Situa on: 38-year-old, dispatches as nausea/vomi ng

Nausea/Vomi ng II

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Pa ents: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Nausea Resources:

BLS turns into ALS

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Person on work site si ng in chair w’bucket in front of him Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 16 per minute, unlabored Circula on: Palpable pulse at wrist, warm and dry, no severe bleeding

Desired Response:

Primary then focused secondary (might go from medical to trauma)

Physical Exam: Head:

Large swollen area on top of head

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear

Vitals: 1

2

3

Pulse: 62

62

58

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

BP:

156/102

162/106

168/106

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

Resp:

16

16

16

Extremi es: Unremarkable Posterior : Unremarkable

SPO2: 94

94

94

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I’ve never had this Nothing changes it

I’m really sick to my stomach!

P: Q: R: S: T:

A: M:

None

N/A N/A

Synthroid

P: L: E:

Hypothyroidism Pizza – 1 hour ago

it’s 10/10

20 minutes ago

Started 10 minutes a er I was hit in the head with some wood from the roo ng job

OTHER: