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

Demonstration should include

- forming a general impression
- assessing a patient’s level of consciousness
- assessing a patient’s exsanguination, airway, breathing, circulation, disability and exposure (XABCDE)
- identifying life threats
- integrating treatment or procedures needed to preserve life
- making and communicating a transport decision.

Process/Skill Questions:

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