Purpose of Module:
The purpose of this module is to review the basic components of the Trauma Patient Assessment.

Time to complete Trauma Patient Assessment: 2 hour

Directions for using the Trauma Patient Assessment Module:

* You must spend at least 1 hour doing hands-on training.
1. Read the training Objectives
2. Review Brady Emergency Care, Eighth Edition pp. 190-224.
3. Watch the videotape "Mosby’s EMT-BASIC VIDEO SERIES, Lesson 3-1 Through 3-6 Patient Assessment".
4. Use the MED EMT computer based training software and complete Chapter 10 Section 4.
5. Practice Trauma Patient Assessment on the adult mannequin using the Patient Assessment/Management of Trauma checklist.
6. Take the posttest.
7. Give module back to instructor or person in charge.

Training Objectives:

1. Review reasons for reconsideration concerning the mechanism of injury.
2. Review reasons for performing a rapid trauma assessment.
3. Review the areas included in a rapid trauma assessment.
4. Review the components of the detailed physical exam.
5. Review the areas of the body that are evaluated during the detailed physical exam.

Activities to Perform:

1. Watch the videotape "Mosby’s EMT-BASIC VIDEO SERIES, Lesson 3-1 Through 3-6 Patient Assessment".
2. Use the MED EMT computer based training software and complete Chapter 10 Section 4.
3. Use the Patient Assessment/Trauma/ Checklist to verify your steps for performing a Trauma Patient Assessment. Practice using the adult mannequin.
4. Take the posttest to give yourself feedback on this module.

Posttest:

1. The first step of the focused history and physical exam for any trauma
patient is to:
A. determine the chief complaint.
B. obtain baseline vital signs.
C. reconsider the mechanism of injury.
D. take a SAMPLE history.

2. An easy way for an EMT-B to remember what to look for in assessing the body of a trauma patient is the mnemonic:
A. SAMPLE. C. DCAP-BTLS.
B. AVPU. D. OPQRST.

3. In assessing areas of a patient's body, the two main methods the EMT-B uses are inspection and:
A. palliation. C. palpation.
B. presentation. D. pressure.

4. All of the following would be considered "significant" mechanisms of injury except:
A. death of another occupant in a car.
B. fall from a standing position, less than 6 feet.
C. motor-vehicle collision with rollover.
D. ejection of a passenger from motor vehicle.

5. In a rapid assessment of the body, the area that an EMT-B would examine last is (are) the:
A. head. C. pelvis.
B. abdomen. D. extremities.

ANSWERS: (1) C (2) C (3) C (4) B (5) D