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Life is What We Make of It

Attitude by Charles Swindoll

The longer I live, the more
I realise the impact of
attitude on life. Attitude,
to me, is more important
than facts. It is more
important than the past,
than education, than
money, than circumstances,
than failures, than
successes, than what other
people think, say or do. It
is more important than
appearance, giftedness or
skills. It will make or break
a company ...a church ...a
home. The remarkable thing
is that we have a choice every
day regarding the attitude we
embrace for that day. We
cannot change our past ...
we cannot change the fact
that people will act in a

certain way. We cannot change the  
inevitable. The only thing we
can do is play on the one string
we have, and that is our attitude
... I am convinced that life is 10%
what happens to me and how I
react to it. And so it is with you..,
we are in charge of our attitudes.


Medical Focus

Patient Assessment

Scene Survey

Scene Control

No Hazard

Primary Survey
(Airway, breathing,
circulation, disability, expose)

Primary Survey Intact

General appearence
and vital signs

Conscious and stable

Patient History

Chief complaint

Urgent

Treat

Urgent
symptoms

Eval

Not urgent

2nd Survey

Treatment

Transport

Primary Survey not
intact

Resuscitation and
transport

Unconscious/unstable

Combined history taking
and second survey

Field
treatment
available

Treatment

Re-eval

Field
treatment
available

Transport

Re-eval