EMT Lesson Plans

4.06

Situa on: 28-year-old, dispatches as Abdominal Pain

Abdominal Pain I

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Pa ents: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Abdominal Pain Resources: ALS

Tender

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Pa ent is in chair in some discomfort Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 14 per minute Circula on:

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

Desired Response:

Primary then focused secondary

Physical Exam: Head:

Unremarkable

Neck:

Unremarkable

Chest :

Unremarkable Breath sounds clear Tender – right upper quadrant

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Pulse: 70

72

74

BP:

118/72

114/74

112/80

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

Resp:

14

14

14

Extremi es: Unremarkable Posterior : Unremarkable

SPO2: 96

97

96

OPQRST: O:

SAMPLE: S:

I’ve never had this before Nothing changes the pain

Pain in my belly, GI distress with chalky stool

P: Q: R: S: T:

A: M:

None None None

N/A N/A 9/10

P: L: E:

Pulled Pork, 1 hour ago Started feeling sick a er I ate

Just under an hour

OTHER: