Safety

Safety  There are two main safety issues or threats that we are concerned with, is the scene itself safe and is the patient safe right now.  If we encounter an unsafe scene then we move the patient away from the problem or move the problem away from the patient. This is where situation awareness is very important and can be dropped very easily.  As an emergency rapidly unfolds in front of us and or we know the patient we can easily focus on the screaming bleeding friend we just saw get injured and lose sight of the big picture. Safety threats can be immediate or may progress over time.  Patient is under a snag vs bad weather developing.  If the scene is not safe then make it safe.