PPT Slide
Accident Scene Management
- Every 5 minutes until the ambulance arrives:
- Check pulse and document it.
- Write down the number of beats per minute
- Check breathing every 5 minutes and document it.
- Place hand on chest; try not to let them know
you are checking breathing; it affects the rate
- If victim is female, be sensitive to proprieties
if possible
- Write down number of breaths per minute
- Also note type of breathing
(fast, shallow, gurgling, yodeling, labored, easy, etc.)
- Ask the 3 questions every 5 minutes
- Who are you, where are you, what day is it?