COVERED CHAPTERS: 9, 10, & 11

After students complete this chapter and the related coursework, they will understand the scope, sequence, and phases of patient assessment. This chapter is divided into five sections: Scene size-up, primary assessment, history taking, secondary assessment, and reassessment. Mastery of the skills in this chapter is essential to provide a foundation for learning subsequent skills presented in this book.

After students complete this chapter and the related coursework, they will know signs and symptoms of medical emergencies they are likely to encounter in the field, including altered mental status (AMS), seizures, heat and cold emergencies, cardiac emergencies, respiratory emergencies, stroke, diabetic emergencies, and acute abdomen. Students will also know appropriate treatments for patients suffering from these conditions.

After students complete this chapter and related coursework, they will be familiar with various poisoning emergencies, including those caused by ingested, inhaled, absorbed, and injected poisons, as well as assessment and treatment for poisoning emergencies.