You are dispatched to an adult patient who fell. They have an obvious head injury, and deformity to both lower extremities, and have vomited several times. What is your highest priority for this patient?

A patient has an altered mental status with a history of diabetes. Assessment reveals the following: unresponsive, shallow breathing with high-pitch sounds noted on inspiration, a thready pulse, diaphoresis, and warm skin. In accordance to the patient assessment protocol, what order should these be performed? 

MARCH is a mnemonic used to guide trauma assessment and care under tactical combat conditions, but can be used for a prehospital environment as well. Which of the following are part of the mnemonic? (Choose 2) 

You arrive at the scene of a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident. Upon assessment, you note blood oozing from the patient’s head, paradoxical chest movement, a deformity of the upper right arm, and an absent dorsal pedal pulse in the right leg. What finding constitutes an immediate life threat?

You are assessing a patient who was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a significant mechanism of injury. Which of the following best explains how the mechanism of injury affects your patient assessment and treatment?

A patient has a broken arm, a burn on his stomach, dysphagia, and a laceration of the right eye with controlled bleeding. Which complaint must be addressed first?

Which of the following scenarios would indicate a significant mechanism of injury?

You are assessing a patient who was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a significant mechanism of injury. Which of the following best explains how the mechanism of injury affects your patient assessment and treatment?

You are dispatched to an adult patient who fell. They have an obvious head injury, and deformity to both lower extremities, and have vomited several times. What is your highest priority for this patient?

A patient has an altered mental status with a history of diabetes. Assessment reveals the following: unresponsive, shallow breathing with high-pitch sounds noted on inspiration, a thready pulse, diaphoresis, and warm skin. In accordance to the patient assessment protocol, what order should these be performed?