| Respiration | Other injuries |
| • Airway safe? | • Cervical spine, chest, ribs? |
| • Intubation and ventilation required? | • Pneumothorax? |
| • Sedation, analgesia, and paralysis adequate? | • Bleeding—intrathoracic or abdominal? |
| • Arterial oxygen pressure >13 kPa? saturation>95%? | • Long bone or pelvic fractures? |
| • Arterial carbon dioxide pressure 4-5 kPa? (fit young adult) | • Adequate investigation? |
| Circulation | • Adequate treatment? |
| • Systolic blood pressure | Monitoring |
| >120 mm Hg? | • Electrocardiography? |
| • Heart rate <120 beats/min? | • Pulse oximetry? |
| • Perfusion OK? | • Blood pressure? |
| • Intravenous access adequate? | • End tidal carbon dioxide pressure? |
| • Circulating volume replaced? | • Temperature? |
| • Blood needed? | • Central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, or intracranial pressure needed? |
| • Urine volumes? | Investigations |
| • Continuing bleeding? Site? | • Blood gases, biochemistry, and haematology sent? |
| Head | • Correct radiographs taken? |
| • Glasgow coma score? Trend? | • What else is needed? computed tomography, peritoneal lavage, laparotomy? |
| • Focal signs? | |
| • Pupillary response? | |
| • Skull fracture? | |