six seconds? in a pt w/ RR of 20 and HR of 80 thats 2 breaths and 4 heart beats. how much can you see to say the pt is sick? in 6 sec all i would have done is said Hi to my pt my name is how are you feeling! (and seen all the eqp/lines running) i guess the first assessment as emt/medic is very dif than the first assessment of the nurse. scratch that. i KNOW its very dif (met a few emt’s in school).
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