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TNCC Study Guide-comprehensive-2022-2023 Initial Assessment ● Preparation and Triage ○ Use universal precautions and don PPE ○ Consider any possible patient exposure to hazardous material ... that puts the trauma team at risk ○ Safe practice, safe care ○ Ensure resuscitation equipment is readily available ● Across the room observation to identify any uncontrolled external hemorrhage ○ Need to reprioritize to Circulation and Control of Hemorrhage ○ Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the major cause of preventable death in trauma patients ● Primary Survey - Inspect, Auscultate, Palpate ○ A: Airway and alertness with cervical spine stabilization ■ AVPU (Alert/verbal stimuli/painful stimuli/unresponsive) ■ Jaw-thrust maneuver to open the airway and assess for obstruction ● Tongue obstruction ● Loose teeth, foreign objects ● Blood, vomitus, secretions ● Edema ■ Listen for obstructive airway sounds (snoring, gurgling, stridor) ■ Feel for subcutaneous emphysema or deformities ■ Definitive Airway devices = ET tube ● Assess for proper placement (ETCO2, bilat breath sounds, absence of gurgling over the epigastrium) ■ Suction the airway if needed, then reassess ○ B: Breathing and ventilation ■ Are they breathing? How well are they breathing? How long can they keep it up? ■ Spontaneous breathing? Symmetrical rise and fall? ■ Depth, pattern, and rate ■ Skin color ■ Breath sounds ■ Palpate bony structures for possible rib fractures, subcutaneous emphysema, soft tissue injury ■ Open the airway if needed ● Use oral airway adjunct, assist ventilations, then prepare for definitive airway ○ C: Circulation and Control of Hemorrhage ■ Any signs of uncontrolled external bleeding? ● Apply direct pressure or use a tourniquet ■ Skin color, temp, and moisture? ■ Listen to heart and lung sounds ■ Palpate central pulses for rate, rhythm, and strength ■ 2 large-bore IVs CONTINUED..... [Show More]
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