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Scene Size Up and Scene Safety

Scene Size Up – ‘Windshield Survey”

• Gloves – maybe eye protection
  • If no gloves then wash hands with warm soapy water afterwards
• Danger Jones
  • Power lines, Fire …
• Clues for scene violence
  • If you get hurt then you are no good
  • Make the scene safe
  • Little clues tell a big story
    • Diabetic Call when guy tackled me
    • Assault call with knife towards me
• Mechanism of injury
  • MVA, Fall, Car Wreck
• Number of patients
  • Triage
    • Gross and Individual
  • Red, Yellow, Green, and Black Tags
    • Red have a problem with ABC
    • Yellow can’t walk but injured
    • Green are walking wounded
    • Black are dead
  • 30 – 2 – Can Do Triage Method

Equipment needed:

• Gloves
• Light (maybe head lamp, flashlight, chem light)
• Eye protection
• Reflective triangle
• Maybe a level IIIa or IV vest 🙂

After Action Video

• VSO takes a NPA haha
• Tony Simon in Missouri

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