EMT-Basic/Assessment/Medical

Lesson 3.4: Focused History and Physical Exam: Medical

Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the EMT-Basic should be able to:
 * 1) Describe the unique needs for assessing an individual with a chief complaint with no known prior history.
 * 2) Differentiate between the history and physical exam that are performed for responsive patients with no known prior history and responsive patients with a known prior history.
 * 3) Describe the needs for assessing a patient who is unresponsive.
 * 4) Differentiate between the assessment that is performed on a patient who is unresponsive or who has an altered mental status and other medical patients requiring assessment.
 * 5) Attend to the feelings that patients might be experiencing during assessment.
 * 6) Demonstrate the patient assessment that should be used to assess a patient who is responsive with no known prior history
 * 7) Demonstrate the patient assessment that should be used to assess a patient who is unresponsive or has an altered mental status.