Protocol Coding Quiz

39yof with palpitations. Pt is completely alert and breathing normally. Is pale and clammy.

26yom severe headache. Alert, breathing and speaking normally. Gradual onset. No numbness, paralysis or change in behaviour.

An alert 32yom has unexplained chest tightness. No cardiac Hx. Not clammy. Hurts to breathe but breathing normally. No drugs or meds in last 12hrs.

An alert 45 yom has chest pain and mild difficulty breathing. Is clammy. Has angina. No meds in last 12hrs.

12yom has been unwell for 2 days. Now vomiting. Completely alert and breathing normally. Not in pain.

A 34yof has abdo pain and nearly fainted when getting out of a chair. Completely alert and breathing normally.

A 16yom has been swept away in flood water. No further information is known.

An alert 22yof asthmatic is having a severe asthma attack and can only say a word between breaths. They are cyanosed.

An alert 17yof has been stung by a couple of wasps. No Hx of allergy. Breathing & swallowing normally. Swelling, redness and pain at the sting site.

An alert 38yom has a blocked tracheostomy tube. Is having difficulty breathing and is in obvious distress.

48yo pt with diabetes is having a hypo. Now unconscious but breathing.

An alert 16yom has a dart stuck in his eye. There is a thick fluid leaking from the eye.

14yof has dislocated her knee playing soccer 10 minutes ago. It is obviously bent out of shape but there is no bleeding. Pt alert.

An alert 24yof slipped on the wet driveway and fell injuring her back 2 hours ago. Breathing normally. No bleeding. Has been taken into the house.

2yom has just fallen off the 1st floor balcony of the apartment block (approx 4 metres). He is drowsy and has a cut on the forehead which is bleeding profusely. Breathing normally. The pt is now inside.

27yom is found unconscious in a park after being assaulted. He is breathing. Blood is oozing from a head wound. The offenders have left the scene.

A 17yo was just stabbed in the abdomen at a party. Alert and breathing. Bleeding from the single wound.

An 8yom with a spontaneous nosebleed that cannot be stopped by his mother who says it is "pouring out". Alert. Breathing normally. No bleeding disorder.

A 3rd party caller saw a pedestrian hit by a car on the other side of the freeway. They could not stop or go back so no other information about the incident.

14yof has had two fits in a row and not been conscious between them. She is a known epileptic but these fits were different to her normal ones. She is unconscious but breathing.