Made for EMTs
First Five Minutes Scene Readiness Check
Also useful for: people in Healthcare
3 min
Beginner
Healthcare
Improve Team Performance
Turn dispatch details and your first observations into a compact scene-readiness checklist before patient contact.
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Use this when
You're arriving at an unfamiliar, changing, or crowded scene and need a quick readiness check before moving in or staging equipment.
You'll need
- Scene or call type
- Known hazards
- Patient count
- Access and exit details
- Resources, equipment, and contact
You'll get
- Immediate threats stated or marked unknown
- Patient count recorded or marked unknown
- Access and exit routes checked
- PPE needs checked against local protocol
- Additional resources identified or ruled out
- Equipment staging point selected
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Immediate threats stated or marked unknown
- Patient count recorded or marked unknown
- Access and exit routes checked
- PPE needs checked against local protocol
- Additional resources identified or ruled out
- Equipment staging point selected
Sample
This is sample data, not your prompt. Pro unlocks this higher-stakes Playbook. On Free Playbooks you can still copy the assembled prompt into any AI.
Sample input
Scene or call type: I was dispatched to a two-car collision at a busy intersection after dark. Known hazards: I can see moving traffic and leaking fluid near one car. Dispatch reported possible power lines down, but I can't confirm that yet. Patient count: I can see two patients, and a bystander says there may be a third person in the second car. Access and exit details: The safest visible approach is from the parking lot on the east side. The west lane is still open to traffic, and the ambulance exit could be blocked by incoming fire apparatus. Resources, equipment, and contact: Fire and police are en route. We have trauma bags, oxygen, a stretcher, and two reflective vests. No scene contact has been assigned yet.
Sample assembled prompt
STOP OR STAGE - Possible downed... Don't enter the suspected area... - Moving traffic remains an immediate... - Leaking fluid is visible; the... - A possible third patient is... READY TO APPROACH - Confirm traffic... - Use the east parking lot... - Keep the ambulance exit open... - Confirm high-visibility PPE and any... - Consider an early resource update... TEAM SETUP - Stage the trauma... - Scene contact: unknown until police,... - Arrival statement: "We have moving... We're staging on the east side... Please confirm who has scene coordination."