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does anyone know what the acronym GCMABCD stands for?
does anyone know what the acronym GCMABCD stands for?
i have never heard of that one before. possibly for initial assessment? ( General impression, Chief complaint, Mechanism of injury, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Decision for transport)
i have never heard of that one before. possibly for initial assessment? ( General impression, Chief complaint, Mechanism of injury, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Decision for transport)
D = Disability
what do you mean by Disability?
Like in the ATLS Assessment you use ABCDE
Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure
Disability would imply the neurological assessment and an overview of the patient's status at that particular moment.
Exposure would be cutting the patient's clothes off in order to do a more complete examination.
Hmm. thats interesting. i have never heard of the ABCDE before. sorry Rob my acronyms are a little rusty. what does ATLS stand for?
Advanced Trauma Life Support. You will also see the ABCDE Assessment used in PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support).
A friend of mines instructor is giving xtra credit to whoever can figure it out..
this is what i thought
G
C
M
Airway
Circulation
Breathing
Defibrillation
i have no idea what the GCM is
To remember mine I always used
S - Scene safety
N - Nature
N - Number of pts
A - ALS backup
C - Consider C-Spine
G - General Impression
L - LOC
C - Chief complaint
A - Airway
B - Breathing
C - Circulation
oh. I have never heard of those before. thanks for the info
oh. I have never heard of those before. thanks for the info
I think an acronym sticky would be a real useful thing to have on this board.
Any volunteers? :huh: