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AVPU trivia

Bjorn, Pret trauma-list@trauma.org
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:10:35 -0500 

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Karim,

Could you do a module on blood pressure?  I've always found the whole
'systolic-diastolic' thing perplexing.

Much Obliged.

Pret

-----Original Message-----
From: Karim Brohi [ mailto:karim@trauma.org <mailto:karim@trauma.org> ]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:04 PM
To: trauma-list@trauma.org
Subject: RE: AVPU trivia


So, because your 'experienced critical care and emergency nurses' are
seemingly untrainable, you dumb down the process by using a meaningless,
unverified scale which does not help direct treatment.

Your definition of coma on AVPU?
Your criteria to intubate?
Your sensitivity for detecting deteriorating in time to intervene
accordingly?

I always find the 'V' part difficult to remember as I have always found V
words difficult. I propose a new 'AZ' scale where A=Alert & Z=Zonked.  This
is easy enough for our hospital cleaners to remember and therefore should be
used in preference to AVPU.

next week on "Neurosurgery for Special Needs"...



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<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial>Karim,<BR><BR>Could you do a 
module on blood pressure?&nbsp; I've always found the whole 'systolic-diastolic' 
thing perplexing.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000 face=Arial>Much 
Obliged.<BR><BR>Pret</FONT><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Karim 
Brohi [<A href="mailto:karim@trauma.org">mailto:karim@trauma.org</A>]<BR>Sent: 
Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:04 PM<BR>To: trauma-list@trauma.org<BR>Subject: RE: 
AVPU trivia<BR><BR><BR>So, because your 'experienced critical care and emergency 
nurses' are<BR>seemingly untrainable, you dumb down the process by using a 
meaningless,<BR>unverified scale which does not help direct 
treatment.<BR><BR>Your definition of coma on AVPU?<BR>Your criteria to 
intubate?<BR>Your sensitivity for detecting deteriorating in time to 
intervene<BR>accordingly?<BR><BR>I always find the 'V' part difficult to 
remember as I have always found V<BR>words difficult. I propose a new 'AZ' scale 
where A=Alert &amp; Z=Zonked.&nbsp; This<BR>is easy enough for our hospital 
cleaners to remember and therefore should be<BR>used in preference to 
AVPU.<BR><BR>next week on "Neurosurgery for Special 
Needs"...<BR></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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