This Ski Patrol, OEC, EMS, EMT training video covers how to check vitals, including the patient’s pulse, respiration rate and quality along with the patient’s blood pressure, using a blood pressure cuff and a stethoscope.
I really like this one. It’s a great training video on dealing with medical patients instead of the usual trauma patients.
Assess the:
Head
Neck
Chest
Abdomen
Lower Extremities
Upper Extremities
Back
Signs and Symptoms?
Allergies?
Medications?
Past Pertinent history?
Last Oral Intake?
Events Leading Up to the Injury… Anything ELSE?
I hate long acronyms, and think they’re stupid, especially when they are obvious…
DCAP-BTLS stands for:
Deformities
Contusions
Abrasions
Punctures and Penetrations
Burns and Bleeding
Tenderness
Lacerations
Swelling
OK, that’s ridiculous, everything on that list is obvious, except for the Tenderness and maybe the Swelling.
So, I propose that from now on we use the acronym OSTS for:
Obvious Shit
Tenderness
Swelling
This is the acronym I’m using from now on, and the rest of you are free to join me!
Wait, Since swelling is obvious too, you can just go with OST (Obvious Shit & Tenderness) if you want to… just tell your instructor I said it was OK.
Greg
ps. I found this article from The EMT Spot when looking for a movie using the words DCAP-BTLS, and thought you should look at this guy’s blog so you know I’m not the only one out here that thinks that DCAP-BTLS is stupid.
This is a good EMT trauma patient assessment, and covers everything that the OEC book covers.
A patroler needs to know how to perform a focused history and physical exam on
a responsive trauma patient. This video is from an EMT training course, and easily covers these three aspects of the refresher training module:
