{"id":47,"date":"2015-04-20T21:20:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:30:16","slug":"1-2-initial-assessment-and-sample-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=47","title":{"rendered":"1.2 Initial Assessment and SAMPLE History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A thorough, properly sequenced rapid assessment is essential to identifying a patient\u2019s needs and providing proper emergency care.<\/p>\n<p>To assess a patient, the combat medic must gather, evaluate, and record key information including the patient\u2019s vital signs, injuries, and symptoms and the conditions leading to the illness or injury.<\/p>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 5px solid #d20000; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<h2>SAMPLE History<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FC6okDy2osg?si=V1455vzeTU3L-qNA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p>The combat medic must learn the history of what happened before and since the accident or medical problem occurred and learn the patient&#8217;s past medical history and overall health status.<\/p>\n<p>Assessment is a process which must be taught in steps in order to establish good assessment habits and a systematic approach in order to avoid missing important injuries or illnesses. In the field, many aspects of the patient assessment may be done simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Assessment is one of the most complex skill\u2019s that must be learned to be an effective combat medic. During the assessment, the combat medic must use his eyes, ears, nose, hands, and a few basic medical instruments to obtain essential information about the patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thorough, properly sequenced rapid assessment is essential to identifying a patient\u2019s needs and providing proper emergency care. To assess a patient, the combat medic must gather, evaluate, and record key information including the patient\u2019s vital signs, injuries, and symptoms and the conditions leading to the illness or injury. The combat medic must learn the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=47\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1.2 Initial Assessment and SAMPLE History<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/731"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}