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Initial Assessment: B-SMNAC -:- - BSI (body substance isolation); - Scene Safety; - Mechanism of Injury (MOI)/Nature of Illness (NOI); - Number of Patients; - Assistance (additional units, Fire, Police, etc.); - C-spine (and/or C-collar) Initial Assessment: G-CAAT -:- - General Impre...

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NREMT Advanced-EMT Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Initial Assessment: B-SMNAC


✓ -:- - BSI (body substance isolation);

✓ - Scene Safety;

✓ - Mechanism of Injury (MOI)/Nature of Illness (NOI);

✓ - Number of Patients;

✓ - Assistance (additional units, Fire, Police, etc.);

✓ - C-spine (and/or C-collar)




Initial Assessment: G-CAAT


✓ -:- - General Impression;

✓ - Chief Complaints, Life Threats (hemorrhage);

✓ - AVPU;

✓ - ABC's (airway, breathing, circulation);

✓ - Transport Decision (Load and Go or Stay and Play)




Components of General Impression


✓ -:- ASSS-FLOP-VD:


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- Apparent state of health;


- Skin color, obvious lesions;


- Signs of distress;


- Sexual development;


- Facial expressions;


- Level of consciousness;


- Odors;


- Posture, Motor, Gait;


- Vital statistics;


- Dress, Grooming, Hygiene




Components of AVPU


✓ -:- - Alert;

- responds to Verbal stimuli;


- responds to Painful stimuli;


- Unresponsive




Secondary Assessment: OPQRST-I

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✓ -:- especially for Respiratory and Cardiac patients:

- Onset;


- Provocation/Palliation;


- Quality;


- Radiation;


- Scale/Severity;


- Time;


- Interventions




What is OPQRST?


✓ -:- a mnemonic for remembering the questions to ask when assessing

the patient's chief complaint or major symptoms




Onset


✓ -:- - When and how did the symptom begin?

- Ask the patient if the onset was sudden or gradual.


- Also determine if the onset was associated with a particular activity.




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Provocation/palliation:


✓ -:- - What makes the symptom worse?

- What makes the symptom better?




Quality


✓ -:- How would you describe the pain?




Radiation


✓ -:- - Where do you feel the pain?;

- Where does the pain go?




Scale/Severity


✓ -:- - On a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst.

- How bad is the symptom?




Time


✓ -:- - Determine if the symptom has been present for minutes, hours,

days, weeks, months, or years;

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