Ski Patrol Patient Assessment at Sunday River

Gould Director of Experiential Learning Chris Hayward takes us through a patient assessment scenario at Sunday River.
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[@americanlivesmatter7118]

Please always remember to check C-Spine at some point either before loading or while loading into sled.

[@aidaningram1658]

I was going to say c spine should be too priority based on the mechanism of injury

[@aidaningram1658]

also that was a strange trauma assessment based on what we learned in emt school

[@thedroid4ever]

Scene safety, standard precautions and consent first. Not after you're already touching the patient.

[@danrogers4617]

Scene safe? No call was made.

[@digiacomobill]

Hi, I'm self-training and reading the OEC book prior to the course soon. For that shoulder injury, would you let the person ski to first aid or put them on a sled?

[@alforddatgould]

Hi Bill, thanks for asking! Our policy with injured guests is to transport any patient off of the ski hill via toboggan (patient consenting, of course). Most patients are grateful for the ride, even if the injury is to the upper body. The risk of letting an injured skier or rider transport themselves is that they may fall and worsen the injury or cause other injuries. Regards, Doug Alford Director, Gould Academy Ski Patrol

[@digiacomobill]

​@@alforddatgould Ok, that makes sense that the local policy would look like that. Stay conservative, as to not risk additional injury. When I watched the video, I had a doubt because of the fact that it was an upper body injury that might leave the skier capable of skiing off himself. (Yes, I recognize that ultimately it's the skiers choice, I've read the first few chapters of OEC6.) Thanks for answering my question!

[@GouldAcademy]

Hi Bill, Thanks for your interest. Here is Chris Hayward's reply: "They would go in a sled. We don't like to have injured guests that we begin treatment on ski down on their own unless they sign a "refusal of first aid" document. The risk of falling and causing further injury is something we need to avoid." Hope that helps.

[@digiacomobill]

@@GouldAcademy Yeah, absolutely. I'm going for my second Volunteer Shadow day tomorrow. Very excited to get started with Ski Patrol.

[@caseychesh]

@@digiacomobill I’m studying before OEC too

[@maggiemoore5500]

Didn't get consent and should have examined the shoulder LAST after checking for injuries elsewhere. Fail.