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Clinical Judgment
The use of knowledge and experience to diagnose patients and plan their treatment
Field Diagnosis
Prehospital evaluation of the patient's condition and its causes
Patient Acuity
The severity or acuteness of your patient's condition
-Critically life-threatening
-Potentially life-threatening
-Non-life-threatening
Protocol
Standard that includes general and specific principles for managing certain patient conditions
Standing Orders
Treatments you can perform before contacting medical direction for permission
Algorithm
Schematic flowchart that outlines appropriate care for specific signs and symptoms
Decision-Making Requirements
Knowing anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
Focusing on large amounts of data
Organizing information
Identifying and dealing with medical ambiguity
Differentiation between relevant and irrelevant data
Analyzing and comparing similiar situations
Explaining decisions and constructing logical arguments
Differential Field Diagnosis
The list of possible causes of the patient's symptoms
Facilitating Behaviors
Stay calm
Plan for the worst
Work systematically
Remain adaptable
Reflective
Acting thoughtfully, deliberately and analytically
Impulsive
Acting instinctively without stopping to think
Divergent
Taking into account all aspects of a complex situation
Convergent
Focusing on only the most important aspect of a critical situation
Anticipatory
Anticipating ramifications of actions and trying to prevent them
Reactive
Taking things as they come
Autonomic Nervous System
Part of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions
Pseudo-instictive
Learned actions that are practiced until they can be done without thinking
Mental Checklist
Scan the situation
Stop and think
Decide and act
Maintain control
Reevaluate
Critical Thinking
Thought process used to analyze and evaluate
Steps in Critical Decision Making
Form a concept
Interpret the data
Apply the principles
Evaluate results
Reflect on incident
The Six R's
Read the scene
Read the patient
React
Reevaluate
Revise your management plan
Review your performance
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Volume 2 Chapter 4
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Volume 2 Chapter 4
Updated
2010-05-25T12:59:14Z
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