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Hey guys, so tommarow's the big day for the practical.
I've got a few questions that i'm hoping to get some answers on.
So my original test was supposed to be back in the beginning of June. but because of some things. I (along with a few other classmates) weren't able to take it.....same thing happened in july, aswell as june.
Months later, its time to grab all that info outta the back of my head. and try to get it all in order again.
Now i admit, being that its summer, i kinda put the books down for awhile...and having the test tommarow, is something that i'm extremely nervous about...especially since i feel really rusty about this.
But fortunately, back in june, i volunteered as a patient for the practical, so i have a little insight. and i do remember what people were tested on.
-Patient Assessment - Trauma
-Cardiac Arrest/AED
-Spinal Immobilazation
-Patient Assessment - Medical
-BVM/PEAD
-Random Basic Skills (which were Traction splint or Mouth-to-mask)
Now i have a few questions about them.
1) I was talking too a few of the proctors when i volunteered, and they mentioned how the "Random Basic" really never changed......so my quesiton, is that 3-4 months later (basicly....right now) would the random basic still be traction splint and mouth-to-mask?.............is this how most states do it? keeping it at the same? or should i expect something else.
2) for the BVM/PEAD....is that just straight mask? or use of a combi tube/duel lumen as well??? in the class, one of our finals for the term was a bvm-combi. and its probably one of the better things i know how to do.
3) BVM/PEAD......i cant remember what "pead" stands for/means!...UGH!
4) As for the spinal. I remember it decently, but a big issue we had in my class, was the proper order of securing the patient....i'm talking about the order of the straps? at one point i knew it, but over the summer it kinda went out the window.....after the c-collar and what not, is it securing the straps over the chest? then the shoulders, and then everything else? or is it some other order (we used spider straps).............i have the requirements/critical fail sheets, but it doesnt say the order that the straps go in.
5) Last but not least, after i get some help with those first 4 questions.....what are somethings NOT to do. lol.
Usually guys, im preety good with remembering this stuff, but after being told that my national practical was canceled, not once, or twice, but THREE times....i kinda gave up on hoping that it would be soon. So i kinda spent the summer worry-free, and just traveling the world......i guess now, is when it comes back to bite me in the ***....
Anyways, i'm gonna go study my pratical study sheets. hopefully you guys can help me out on those questions.
Thanks
I've got a few questions that i'm hoping to get some answers on.
So my original test was supposed to be back in the beginning of June. but because of some things. I (along with a few other classmates) weren't able to take it.....same thing happened in july, aswell as june.
Months later, its time to grab all that info outta the back of my head. and try to get it all in order again.
Now i admit, being that its summer, i kinda put the books down for awhile...and having the test tommarow, is something that i'm extremely nervous about...especially since i feel really rusty about this.
But fortunately, back in june, i volunteered as a patient for the practical, so i have a little insight. and i do remember what people were tested on.
-Patient Assessment - Trauma
-Cardiac Arrest/AED
-Spinal Immobilazation
-Patient Assessment - Medical
-BVM/PEAD
-Random Basic Skills (which were Traction splint or Mouth-to-mask)
Now i have a few questions about them.
1) I was talking too a few of the proctors when i volunteered, and they mentioned how the "Random Basic" really never changed......so my quesiton, is that 3-4 months later (basicly....right now) would the random basic still be traction splint and mouth-to-mask?.............is this how most states do it? keeping it at the same? or should i expect something else.
2) for the BVM/PEAD....is that just straight mask? or use of a combi tube/duel lumen as well??? in the class, one of our finals for the term was a bvm-combi. and its probably one of the better things i know how to do.
3) BVM/PEAD......i cant remember what "pead" stands for/means!...UGH!
4) As for the spinal. I remember it decently, but a big issue we had in my class, was the proper order of securing the patient....i'm talking about the order of the straps? at one point i knew it, but over the summer it kinda went out the window.....after the c-collar and what not, is it securing the straps over the chest? then the shoulders, and then everything else? or is it some other order (we used spider straps).............i have the requirements/critical fail sheets, but it doesnt say the order that the straps go in.
5) Last but not least, after i get some help with those first 4 questions.....what are somethings NOT to do. lol.
Usually guys, im preety good with remembering this stuff, but after being told that my national practical was canceled, not once, or twice, but THREE times....i kinda gave up on hoping that it would be soon. So i kinda spent the summer worry-free, and just traveling the world......i guess now, is when it comes back to bite me in the ***....
Anyways, i'm gonna go study my pratical study sheets. hopefully you guys can help me out on those questions.
Thanks