- Personal Protective Equipment
- "BSI!"
- Environmental Safety
- "Scene Safe!"
- Do everything possible to ensure a safe scene
- If the scene is unsafe, either make it safe or leave
- Keep your head on a swivel and use your intuition
- Number of Patients
- Mechanism of Injury/Nature of Illness
- Additional Resources Needed
- ALS, additional ambulances, extrication/technical rescue
- Need for C-spine stabilization