Readings

• "Sick" to an emergency health care provided means does the the patient have an acute life-threatening process or are they unstable
• Critical life threats include: major multisystem trauma, devastating singlesystem trauma, airway compromise, hemodynamic instability(hemorrhaging), severe burn injuries and acute presentations of chronic conditions
• Triaging levels are critical, serious and walking wounded/minimal
• Serious conditions for PTs include: multisystem trauma with stable vitals, medical presentations of Pneumonia, COPD and ect with exacerbation and significant burn injuries
• Walking wounded/minimal injuries include small lacerations with little bleeding, minor/chronic chief complains with normal vitals and partial-thickness burns of an extremity of less than 5% body surface area
• Normotension in adults refers to a systolic of greater or equal to 100 mmHg
• Hypotension in adults refers to a systolic of less than 90 mmHg
• Heart rate is in BPM according to the Cardiac Monitor when applied. If not applied, it is the same as the pulse rate
• Bradycardia in adults refers to a HR lower than 50 BPM
• Tachycardia in adults refers to a HR greater or equal to 100 BPM
• Tachypnea in adults is a RR greater or equal to 28
• PEDs between 0-3 months have a RR of 30-60 and HR of 90-180
• PEDs between 3-6 months have a RR of 30-60 and a HR of 80-160
• PEDs between 6-12 months have a RR between 25-45 and a HR between 80-140
• PEDs between 1-3 years have a RR of 20-30 and HR of 75-130
• PEDs at 6 years old have a RR of 16-24 and a HR of 70-110
• PEDs at 10 year have a RR 14-20 and a HR of 60-90
• For PEDs, normotension is a systolic of greater than 90 mmHG + 2x age in years
• For PEDS, hypotension is a systolic of less than 70 mmHg + 2x age in years
• If PT is less than 2 years old, they're hypoglycemic at a BGL of less than 3 mmol/L and if they're 2 or older, it'd be less than 4 mmol/L
• Unaltered refers to a GCS that is normal for the patient. This may be a GCS of less than 15, depending on the PT
• PO stands for by mouth/oral
• COWS stands for clinical opiate withdrawal scale
• CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure
• CVAD stands for central venous access device
• gtts refers to drops administered
• q is the abbreviation for every
• MDI stands for metered dose inhaler
• Microgram stands for mcg
• Min. stands for minimum while Min stands for minute
• NEB stands for nebulized
• OBHG-MAC stands for Ontario base hospital group - medical advisory committee
• RBHP stands for regional base hospital program
• SAED stands for semi-automated external defibrillation
• SC stands for subcutaneous and SL stands for sublingual
• TOP stands for topical
• TCP stands for transcutaneous pacing
• URTI stands for upper respiratory tract infection
• WNL stands for Within normal limits
• CTAS 1: VSA/immediate threat to life or limb/gots to go asap/worst level