Hey guys, so I am a new EMT student who just started and I am confused about the procedure for EMTs. My book says to always perform a primary assessment on patients, which seems counterintuitive. The primary assessment requires AVPU and ABC's, which seems to require at least a few minutes to get through. And if a patient is obviously critical, I am not sure that taking the time to do a complete set of vitals would be wise. ABCs require you to take lung sounds, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, pupil signs, and skin signs right? Would it be more wise to just transport them first and then take these in the ambulance?
Under what scenarios would you want to do your complete primary assessment before transporting them and when would you transport first?
Thanks!
Under what scenarios would you want to do your complete primary assessment before transporting them and when would you transport first?
Thanks!