Title: Demonstrate a primary assessment.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician I (14055-I) > Section: Assessing the Patient

Demonstration should include

- forming a general impression
- assessing a patient’s level of consciousness
- assessing a patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation (ABC)
- identifying life threats
- assessing vital functions
- integrating treatment or procedures needed to preserve life
- making and communicating a transport decision
- including age-related variations for pediatric or geriatric patients.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What things should an EMT consider when forming a general impression?
- What are the three parts of the assessment of circulation, and what does each one tell the EMT about the patient’s condition?
- What treatments should be performed during the primary assessment, and which ones can be delayed until the secondary assessment?