PALS Primary Assessment – Exposure Transcript:Hi, everyone. We’re still in primary assessment, and we’ve come to our last segment in our primary assessment. So far, we’ve covered airway, breathing, circulation, and disability. Now we get to letter E, which stands for exposure. “And you don’t want us exposing ourselves.” Actually, Dr. Venkman, we do want to expose our patients, because […]
PALS Primary Assessment – Disability Transcript:Hi, everyone. We’re still in primary assessment. Now we’re looking at the letter D, disability. When we’re talking about disability, we’re talking about the child’s level of consciousness—are they in a state of altered mental status? That’s what we’re assessing for. Initially, you’re going to use the AVPU scale to assess their initial level of […]
PALS Primary Assessment – Circulation Hi, everyone. We’re still in primary assessment, and now we’re going to be talking about circulation, assessing this child’s cardiovascular status—how well are they moving oxygenated blood throughout the body? What measurements are we going to be taking? We’re going to be looking at their heart rate, pulses (both peripheral and central pulses), capillary refill […]
PALS Primary Assessment – Breathing Transcript:Still in primary assessment, now we’re talking about breathing, which is paramount on a child, the ability to assess their breathing. If you show up at the scene, it’s best to try to get a respiratory rate or look at their breathing before you start poking at this kid, which means if you show up […]
PALS Primary Assessment – Airway Transcript:Hi, everyone. Welcome to primary assessment, airway. Before we dive into the airway, I want to answer a common question the PALS instructors get, and that is CAB versus ABC. When do we do compressions first versus going to the airway first? Great question. CAB was designed and brought forth by the AHA to […]
PALS Primary Assessment Overview Video Let’s talk about the primary assessment. This is really our first hands-on assessment of the patient. The primary assessment is broken into A, B, C, D, E: airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure. Those are the steps of our assessment in the primary assessment. However, know this: With all these steps, the primary assessment only has […]
PALS Tachycardia Algorithm Video Hi, everyone. Welcome back. In today’s video, we’re going to review the brand-new 2015 PALS pediatric tachycardia algorithm. We’re going to review the types of tachycardias that are seen in the algorithm. We’re going to talk about the causes of these tachycardias, the treatments of these tachycardias, and the drugs and drug dosages that we’re […]
PALS Cardiac Arrest Algorithm Video Below, you’ll find the full script for our discussion on the PALS cardiac arrest algorithm. For more details on some of the items covered in our PALS certification online, continue reading below: Hi. I’m Mark. Welcome to the first in our video series covering PALS (pediatric advanced life support). Today we’re going to review the […]
PALS Secondary Assessment – SAMPLE Hi, everyone. In this video we’re going to review the secondary assessment, which means we’ve already done our pediatric assessment triangle. The first three things we look at as soon as we see the patient: level of consciousness, color, work at breathing. We’ve gone through our primary assessment: A, B, C, D, E. Now […]
