What are the tools with which we make decisions? How useful are these? Are there any limitation in diagnostic tools in pre-hospital setting? What mechanisms or diagnostic tools do we have to help? What are our choices of treatment? Do they follow guidance, and is that local or national? What is the evidence base behind our choices?

Prehospital management

How do we diagnose? (550 words)

• How do we assess a patient? (Refer to Appendix -1)

–Consent?

-Primary survey-ABCDE negative or positive?

-Secondary survey – SOAP (subjective data, objective data, assessment, Plan) Why SOAP is important? (Appendix -2)

• Data gathering tools. SAMPLER, SOCRATES

– How effective are these tools? Does taking history only rule in/out a diagnosis? (Evidence research please for peer reviewed journal or book)

• Consultation models and why they are useful?
• (Such as; Cambridge model- structured well- how effective are they -in brief)

 

• What are the tools with which we make decisions? How useful are these?

 

• Are there any limitation in diagnostic tools in pre-hospital setting?

 

Diagnosis and Management: (650 words)

• What mechanisms or diagnostic tools do we have to help? (Such as; News score 2/sepsis screening tool- relevant to a case study)

 

• What are our choices of treatment?

 

 

• Do they follow guidance, and is that local or national?

 

• What is the evidence base behind our choices?

 

 

• Referral of patients to an appropriate health care setting, medical practitioner or to other agencies.