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b. Emergency Assessment
• Emergency assessment takes place in life-threatening situations in which the
preservation of life is the top priority.
• Time is of the essence rapid identification of and intervention for the client’s
health problems.
• Often the client’s difficulties involve airway, breathing and circulatory problems
(the ABCs).
