A-E Respiratory Assessment
A-E Respiratory Assessment[edit | edit source]
The A-E assessment; Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach is a systematic approach to the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients[1], it has become widely adopted as a way of documenting the assessment of respiratory patients.
Airway[edit | edit source]
Is the airway patent? is it their own?
Patent
Occluded/Obstructed: indicated by stridor, hoarse voice, orthopnoea, drooling, dysphagia
ETT
Breathing[edit | edit source]
What is their respiratory rate?
Circulation[edit | edit source]
Disability[edit | edit source]
Exposure[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Thim T, Krarup NH, Grove EL, Rohde CV, Løfgren B. Initial assessment and treatment with the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach. Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:117-121. doi:10.2147/IJGM.S28478
