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Ben Ward

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Dirty Harry

Remember your ABCDEs! This is important when dealing with a trauma patient which can apply to emergency first responders or ER physicians. After you have confirmed the scene is safe, start working on your patient performing your primary survey. This survey is specifically for spotting any major life threatening injuries such as a open gunshot wound to the chest etc.. and attending to them immediately to save your patients life. After completing your primary survey, the patient is most likely going to be stabilized (if you did a good job.) It is then your job as a emergency responder to keep them stabilized until you can get them into surgery or if you're an EMT/paramedic, get them to the hospital. To keep the patient stabilized, continue going through your ABCDEs completing a secondary survey reassessing them etc meanwhile tending to any life threatening wounds as best as you can.

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A- Airway: Make sure the patient's airway is clear of any foreign objects or internal injuries, this is the green light intubation etc if it is needed.                                                       B- Breathing: Approximate rate/depth of breaths by the patient with chest exam and listening to lung sounds checking for any pneumothorax injury. This will help you confirm your decision in the airway section if the patient needs additional O2, intubation, or chest tube if pneumothorax is positive..                                                        C- Circulation: Checking for any external bleeding, tend to any open wounds such as a open gunshot wound and try to stop the bleeding applying pressure with clean gauze etc.. check the patients pulse and blood pressure as well. Signs for loss of circulation would be lowering blood pressure and a weak rapid pulse. This could indicate an internal bleed which would make your patient even more critical.                            D- Disability: Any signs of broken or dislocated bones, joints etc should be tended too. This is also for assessing the patients consciousness asking them simple questions such as their name or what year it is to try and asses their cognitive state if possible. For any broken bones etc, try to restrict movement of the patient so further injury will not occur.                                                                                           E- Exposure: This is the end of your survey. This is your chance to asses if the patient is stable or if they need more definitive care. Make sure to cover the patient as well and keep them warm taking away the risk of hypothermia.       Once these phases are complete, keep the patient stable by attending to them reassessing them with your ABCDEs checking for any signs of danger by checking their pulse, lung sounds etc.

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