Emt-b practical exam question

[static78]

For the Medical/Trauma practical exam they said i'll have an assistant can i direct them to do the vitals or do i need to do them myself?

 

[thenextebell2]

Is this your medical/trauma ASSESSMENT? If so, you can direct partner to do vitals, just make sure you verbalize it. They are not testing to see if you can correctly obtain a blood presure. They are testing to make sure that you can follow the steps and go through a full assessment from arrival to transport to hospital.

 

[d0nk3yk0n9]

For the Medical/Trauma practical exam they said i'll have an assistant can i direct them to do the vitals or do i need to do them myself?

I don't know for sure about the NREMT practicals, but if it's the same as the state practicals for NY (what I'm taking in a week!), then you have to do vitals yourself, as part of what you're demonstrating is your ability to accurately take vitals. Your assistant can't do any assessment for you; instead, they carry out the treatments which you describe so that you can focus on the assessment.

EDIT: Apparently the NREMT is different from the NY state tests and you can have your assistant do it for you. Thank everybody for correcting me!

 

[DesertMedic66]

For the NREMT you can direct your assistant to take vitals and apply oxygen to the patient as well as get any kind of treatments ready.