Assessment
Patient Assessment & Clinical Decision Making
Overdose — Opioid with Respiratory Depression · L1
How this exercise works
Branching scenario: each decision changes the patient's course. Choose assessments and interventions in logical order — primary survey first, then targeted secondary exam and treatment.
Fundamental concept
Integrating primary and secondary surveys with evolving scenarios to choose assessments and interventions in logical sequence.
Read: Paramedic Assessment & Clinical Decision Making →Scenario
Unresponsive 28-year-old in alley. RR 6/min, pinpoint pupils, cyanosis, SpO₂ 82%. Empty syringe nearby.
Work through each decision — the patient responds to your choices.