EMT Lesson Plans

3.13

Situa on: 21-year-old, dispatched as Abd Pain

Abdominal Pain II

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Pa ents: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – abdominal pain Resources: BLS

Abd Pain

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Person si ng in chair – appears in distress 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

Physical Exam: Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear So , non-tender, at

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Pulse: 86

88

86

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

BP:

102/70

104/78

108/74

Extremi es: Unremarkable Posterior : Unremarkable

Resp:

16

16

16

SPO2: 96

96

97

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I’ve never had this before

My stomach hurts, have diarrhea

P: Q: R: S: T:

Nothing changes it Sharp, rumbling

A: M:

None None None

Just my belly

P: L: E:

10/10 4 hours

Had about 15 beers last night Was out partying last night – woke up sick

OTHER: