firemedic1976

I've gotta agree with mobey. These are things you should really run past your instructor. If you're that concerned about criticals. What I can tell you is there may be minor differences from state to state depending on protocol. Here in NY we have the state DOH protocol and the more stringent MLREMS protocols in my area alone. In my area, for the trauma station, you're on the right track, but when palpating during the rapid trauma assessment, we cut all the talk and sum it up with palpating the ______ area, checking for DCAP BTLS. One thing you might wanna add when checking the head/neck...we had to make sure we indicated we were checking the spinal column for step down or step off. When you get to the detailed physical exam, you just verbalize that if time allows, once you have the pt in the ambulance, you would perform that step. We never actually performed it at our station. As for you KED station....here, it doesn't matter the order the straps were done as long as they were done and tight enough. The critical failure you're talking about occurs when you secure the head and then return to the torso. AUTOMATIC FAIL for the station. The head is the last thing to be secured. PERIOD. Just with those 2 things, it would appear there are some slight differences in what we do here and what you're being told you're going to do there. Contact your instructor. If your instructor wants to see you succeed, he/she will set up with the correct answers. GOOD LUCK!!!