Assessment begins before the first clinical question.
Sensory, communication and relational demands can influence what a person is able to tell us, tolerate, understand and do during urgent and emergency care.
What might the emergency environment be adding?
Sirens, bright lights, touch, movement, unfamiliar equipment, rapid questions, waiting, pain and uncertainty can all change how available somebody is for assessment and communication.
Module 1 provides the shared foundation. This page helps teams apply that learning to pre hospital and urgent care contexts.