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Well retake #3 is next Saturday. I know the material,the steps.BSI,scene safety ABC,AVPU,OPQRST,SAMPLE IN Medical. BSI,scene safety ABC,AVPU, DCAP-BTLS in Trauma.
In Medical I talk to the patent then the pt looks to the evaluator and the evaluator tells me the answer,vitals are taken and then I am informed what the pt would be experiencing.in my opinion having the pt answer the questions would be less confusing and more real life.
My class was the first to be tested under the new criteria,something we knew from the start.I think our problem is we are not told in what way we failed.On my initial test I thought I did well,my retest I have a good idea what I did wrong,I just would like to know what I did wrong.
When I am 1st on scene I have no problem with gathering all the necessary info and passing it on to the crew on their arrival,I know what to do,just not good at testing.
Any one having similar trouble?
 
Vilma49 said:
Well retake #3 is next Saturday. I know the material,the steps.BSI,scene safety ABC,AVPU,OPQRST,SAMPLE IN Medical. BSI,scene safety ABC,AVPU, DCAP-BTLS in Trauma.
In Medical I talk to the patent then the pt looks to the evaluator and the evaluator tells me the answer,vitals are taken and then I am informed what the pt would be experiencing.in my opinion having the pt answer the questions would be less confusing and more real life.
My class was the first to be tested under the new criteria,something we knew from the start.I think our problem is we are not told in what way we failed.On my initial test I thought I did well,my retest I have a good idea what I did wrong,I just would like to know what I did wrong.
When I am 1st on scene I have no problem with gathering all the necessary info and passing it on to the crew on their arrival,I know what to do,just not good at testing.
Any one having similar trouble?
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Back when I took it I found it much easier to have full dynamic understanding of the entire treatment process rather then memorizing each single step and rattling them off. If you forget a step your screwed. Rather if you have a good understanding you'll fly through it with no difficulty.
 
Vilma49 said:
just not good at testing.
Any one having similar trouble?
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When I hear this phrase I generally think "test anxiety" I have a fair amount of that as well. You might want to Google it and see what suggestions you find for ways to mitigate it. I personally find it helps me if I just slow way way down.
 
Don't forget to reassess your patient if you have given medication to them and if the patient is doing better from the medication give aka oxygen, aspirin, nitro(if prescribed) or any other medication you gave.

State that you are reassessing the patient en route to hospital and rechecking vitals and doing a detailed physical exam.

The way I remembered reassessment is this "if you helped them, check them" or recheck. are they getting better?
 
^^^ agreed when I did mine which was in April(new standards) a few kids field the trauma portion because they didn't do a secondary.

When I`m with a real PT or even practicing I always use a flow chart that I've built into my head over the past 2 years. It helps when i`m distracted by something.

Don`t be a protocol drone but get some kind of simple plan that you will always use go back to.
 
Something I did to help with my testing was a pneumonic device, SIAT-SEVIR.
S-Scene Safety/Size-up
I- Initial impression
A- ABC's
T- Transport decision

S- Sample hx
E- Evaluation
V- Vitals
I- Interventions
R- Repeat vitals, assessment, and response
 
Not telling you what you did wrong is the pits. We were told exactly what we failed and why. Take a deep breath and relax. The time limits we were given to complete a station was wayyy more than needed.
 
Thanks all for the tips,I just need to keep my head in the game,I know the plays I just need to execute:unsure::unsure::unsure:
 
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