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# [6.5] - Assessment

> Patient assessment guidance for Medical Services personnel.

The assessment is something that can be done as you are walking up on a scene by taking in the initial patient presentation. Everyone has heard of the ABCs in EMS and to assess a patient's ABCs you don’t even have to touch them. When you walk up to a patient and start talking to them, if they are conscious and see what is going on and what the problem is, and if they talk back to you or are having a hard time talking in general you know there is an airway problem. If they are unconscious, it’s simple to just RP-check the patient’s airway. Circulation is essentially the presentation of the patient. Do they look pale? What’s their temperature? What circulation means is the patient’s blood going throughout their body adequately. The second thing that should be determined is the patient's level of consciousness or LOC. If the ABCs don’t show an immediate life threat then the LOC can help with solving the medical mystery or give clues to the severity of injury. This can usually help determine the severity of patients overall.