Title: Demonstrate a scene size-up for single-patient and multiple-patient situations.
Course: Emergency Medical Responder (14055-IV) > Section: Assessing the Patient

Demonstration should include

- scene safety issues
- mechanism of injury or nature of illness
- steps needed for scene management
- presence and effect of environmental hazards, if any
- presence and management of violence, if any
- Standard Precautions appropriate to the scene
- need for additional resources.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is determining the mechanism of injury or nature of illness an important part of the scene size-up?
- What are examples of hazards that may be found on a motor-vehicle collision scene, an assault scene, or another scene type specific to the local area?
- When should an EMR call for additional resources?