ET005 Secondary Assessment: Medical
Emergency Medical Technician
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28m
Presents secondary assessment for medical patients. Demonstrates how to assess baseline vital signs, including how to use monitoring devices. Presents how to take a patient history, including how to use SAMPLE and OPQRST. Demonstrates how to perform a secondary assessment for medical patients who are alert and oriented as well as patients who are disoriented, are responding only to verbal or painful stimuli or who are unresponsive. Presents the purposes and steps of reassessment.
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