title: Skills review: the CHF patient. A review of BLS ssessment and care of the congestive heart failure patient.
abstract: As an EMT-B, there will be times when your assessment and treatment skills will be put to the test as you find yourself on scene with a critical patient and no ALS backup. Your ability to recognize patients with critical symptoms and do the most good for them within the EMT-B scope of practice could have a tremendous impact on patient survival. The importance of rapid but accurate assessment of both the clinical presentation and the patient's history cannot be overemphasized. This article will review BLS assessment and care of the congestive heart failure (CHF) patient.
authors.affiliation: BrophyJohnR@aol.com
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Brophy
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans