Heart rate and blood pressure
Temperature and blood glucose levels
Airway patency:
– stridor
– speech
– foreign bodies
– facial/laryngeal fractures
Oxygen
Chin lift or jaw thrust
Suction or Magill’s forceps
Airway adjunct
Definitive airway
– not patent
– not maintained
– not protected
Is the C-spine immobilised?
– cyanosis and accessory muscle use
– chest movement
– sucking chest wounds
– misting of O2 mask
– tracheal position
– surgical emphysema
– chest wall tenderness
– chest expansion
Auscultate: air entry
Bag-valve mask ventilation
Needle decompression and/or chest drain insertion
Cover chest wall defects with an occlusive dressing
Impaired breathing
– flail chest
– pneumothorax
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