Rapid trauma assessment

this is performed on patients with significant mechanism of injury to determine potential life threatening injuries. In the conscious patient, symptoms should be sought before and during the rapid trauma assessment. You will estimate the severity of the injuries, re-consider your transport decision, reconsider advanced life support, consider the platinum 10 minutes and the golden hour, rapidly assess the patient from head to toe using dcap-btls, obtain a baseline set of vital signs, and perform a sample history.