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Identify Life Threats Assess Treat Patient Primary Assessment

Front What is primary assessment, and what are its stages?
Back This is the second step in patient assessment. It begins when you greet your patient, and has a single goal: to identify and initiate treatment of immediate or potential life threats. It stages are:
1) Form a general impression.
2) Assess level of consciousness
3) Assess the airway: identify and treat life threats.
4) Assess the breathing: identify and treat life threats.
5) Assess circulation: identify and treat life threats.
6) Perform rapid scan.
And
7) Determine priority of patient care and transport.

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