Comments on: Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/ Medicine Moves Fast ... Keep Up. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trauma Care: 2 Minutes, 2 Hours, 2 Weeks http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6141 Trauma Care: 2 Minutes, 2 Hours, 2 Weeks Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:48:45 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-6141 [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...] [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...]

]]> By: Reading Your Ambulance or EMS Report, Part 2 | Havealittletalk's Blog http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 Reading Your Ambulance or EMS Report, Part 2 | Havealittletalk's Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:13:49 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-4017 [...] The team took my vitals every 5 minutes. These included pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. My glucose was measured and my pupils were marked as =R, which I think means equally responsive or reactive. Skin color/condition was “pale, diaphoretic, cool.” Diaphoretic means sweating. When these three descriptions appear together, something is wrong. [...] [...] The team took my vitals every 5 minutes. These included pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. My glucose was measured and my pupils were marked as =R, which I think means equally responsive or reactive. Skin color/condition was “pale, diaphoretic, cool.” Diaphoretic means sweating. When these three descriptions appear together, something is wrong. [...]

]]> By: Mini-Medic http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Mini-Medic Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:46:48 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-3712 I get nervous when a pt (especially an elderly one) has back pain between the shoulder blades, especially following any kind of trauma. No matter what the textbooks say, patients don't always use the words "ripping, tearing pain"... I get nervous when a pt (especially an elderly one) has back pain between the shoulder blades, especially following any kind of trauma. No matter what the textbooks say, patients don’t always use the words “ripping, tearing pain”…

]]> By: The EMT Spot » Assessment and Scope of Practice http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3477 The EMT Spot » Assessment and Scope of Practice Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:27:40 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-3477 [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...] [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...]

]]> By: sherry http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 sherry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:11:27 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-3110 And that impeding feeling the patients have "That I am going to die." Is usually spot on. And that impeding feeling the patients have “That I am going to die.” Is usually spot on.

]]> By: The EMT Spot » The Rise of The EMT http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3015 The EMT Spot » The Rise of The EMT Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:42:27 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-3015 [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...] [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...]

]]> By: Steve Whitehead http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Steve Whitehead Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:45:54 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-2621 @Greg, That's a great one to teach in the field instructor process. When respiratory patients start talking about tubes and machines they have history. And they are more likely to need those interventions ... and know when they're going to need those interventions. @Ari, Yes, a decreasing mental status should be a red flag alert. As well as a patient who gets tired. @Greg, That’s a great one to teach in the field instructor process. When respiratory patients start talking about tubes and machines they have history. And they are more likely to need those interventions … and know when they’re going to need those interventions.

@Ari, Yes, a decreasing mental status should be a red flag alert. As well as a patient who gets tired.

]]> By: Ari http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 Ari Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:22:05 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-2380 Decrease in the patients mental status....... Decrease in the patients mental status…….

]]> By: The EMT Spot » Lessons I Learned From My First Cardiac Arrest http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 The EMT Spot » Lessons I Learned From My First Cardiac Arrest Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:05:35 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-1830 [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...] [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...]

]]> By: The EMT Spot » Beyond The 1-10 Pain Scale http://theemtspot.com/2009/05/12/five-assessment-findings-that-should-concern-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 The EMT Spot » Beyond The 1-10 Pain Scale Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:55:08 +0000 http://theemtspot.com/?p=102#comment-1798 [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...] [...] Five Assessment Findings That Should Concern You [...]

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