I looked high and low in the forums for this specific question and couldn't really find anything.
on the new Medical assessment for the practical portion for EMT-B, when you get down to your secondary assessment, its worth 5 points -but there are 8 options. It states:
_____________________________________
Assesses affected body part/system
-Cardiovascular
-Pulmonary
-Neurological
-Musculoskeletal
-Integumentary
-GI/GU
-Reproductive
-Psychological/social
___________________________________
what exactly am I supposed to do for this section? Just identify each section as it's relevant to what the patients medical issue is? So if they are having chest pains for example, do I just delve deeper into the cardiovascular section in this category? Because It seems like That's what I'd be doing in the SAMPLE history.
At first I thought it was part of OPQRST, and for all I know it could still be that..just more in depth? Just a little curious to see if any of you know
Also, the old sheets had a total of 30 points I believe, and the newest ones have a total of 42 points in medical. Which is why I'm curios to see what exactly they're looking for since the point system is higher.
Thanks in advance for the help!
on the new Medical assessment for the practical portion for EMT-B, when you get down to your secondary assessment, its worth 5 points -but there are 8 options. It states:
_____________________________________
Assesses affected body part/system
-Cardiovascular
-Pulmonary
-Neurological
-Musculoskeletal
-Integumentary
-GI/GU
-Reproductive
-Psychological/social
___________________________________
what exactly am I supposed to do for this section? Just identify each section as it's relevant to what the patients medical issue is? So if they are having chest pains for example, do I just delve deeper into the cardiovascular section in this category? Because It seems like That's what I'd be doing in the SAMPLE history.
At first I thought it was part of OPQRST, and for all I know it could still be that..just more in depth? Just a little curious to see if any of you know
Also, the old sheets had a total of 30 points I believe, and the newest ones have a total of 42 points in medical. Which is why I'm curios to see what exactly they're looking for since the point system is higher.
Thanks in advance for the help!