Barbie Band-Aid

The purpose of a secondary survey in the EMS system is a comprehensive and thorough examination of injuries and/or illness that a patient has sustained. This entails a complete head-to-toe scan, patient history, and gathering more details to paint a clearer picture of the incident. This is also where EMS personnel would take the patient’s temperature. The thing is, in this particular situation, it was apparent that this medic had adopted her own temperature-taking technique and her way, one can imagine, was never taught in school!