EMT Lesson Plans

4.15

Situation: 19-year-old, dispatched as fever

SEPSIS II

Scene Size-up: Safety:

Scene is safe

BSI:

Gloves

Patients: 1 Mechanism/Nature: NOI – Difficulty Breathing Resources: BLS

Primary Assessment: General Impression: Person sitting in bed in dorm room Mental Status: Alert Airway: Patent Breathing: 20 per minute – non-labored Circulation:

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

Vitals: 1

2

3

Abdomen:

Unremarkable

Pulse: 88

88

82

Pelvis:

Unremarkable

BP:

118/62

116/60

112/68

Extremities: Unremarkable

Resp:

18

18

18

Posterior :

Unremarkable

SPO2: 98

99

99

SAMPLE: S:

OPQRST: O:

I feel warm and I have a sore throat

I’ve had something like this before

A:

EPI PEN

P: Q: R:

Nothing changes it

M:

Bee stings

N/A N/A

P: L: E:

None

Coffee and butter roll 1 hour ago

S: T:

I just feel warm and its hard to swallow

Was studying for exam

2 hours ago

OTHER: