
Primary Assessment
Identify and act on immediate threats during the initial patient encounter.
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Identify and act on immediate threats during the initial patient encounter.

Build a focused history and physical examination after immediate threats are addressed.

Interpret measurement quality, context, and trends across common vital signs.

Examine cognitive bias, risk, and uncertainty in patient-care decisions.

Build a complete chronological chart with objective findings; complex narrative review is separate.

Select repeat examinations and trends based on patient condition and interventions.

Adapt examination and history methods for disability, communication barriers, and altered baseline function.

Assess pain and functional impact in verbal and nonverbal patients; drug selection is separate.

Organize the first assessment of unexplained mental-status change; disease-specific mechanisms are separate.

Use interpreters and communication adaptations during EMS evaluation.

Evaluate collapse and falls for medical causes and hidden injury.
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