Primary Assessment

COURSE OVERVIEW

Learning That Fits Your Schedule

Work through the lessons, required activities and knowledge checks. Your saved place lets you return between sessions. Complete the final assessment and evaluation to receive a learning completion record.

Online coursework does not replace supervised hands-on competency. Follow your scope of practice, local protocols and medical direction.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

What You’ll Learn

• Prioritize first contact using dynamic safety assessment, a revisable general impression and the distinction between immediate threats and secondary detail.
• Recognize the arrest pathway and connect airway and breathing findings with prompt age-appropriate support and verification of its effect.
• Identify major bleeding, perfusion and responsiveness concerns while using purposeful exposure and monitoring without false reassurance.
• Reassess each intervention, coordinate task ownership and escalation, adapt to pediatric and communication needs and preserve ongoing support at handoff.
• Develop written plans for evolving primary-assessment cases and distinguish observed findings, actions, effects and remaining professional or practical verification.

YOUR LEARNING PATH

Inside the Course