OEC Scenario Scoring Matrix

NATIONAL SKI PATROL

OEC SCENARIO SCORING MATRIX

Directions:  Assign points in three categories (injury/illness, environment, and personnel) where appropriate to determine the degree of difficulty for the scenario.

Injury or Illness

0 points

  • medical condition (no influence on situation
  • medications (no influence)
  • minor soft tissue (closed)
  • burn (superficial)
  • frostbite (superficial)
1 point

  • eye injury
  • moderate bleeding
  • minor sprain/strain/contusion
  • medical condition (minor influence)
  • contusion of head without loss of responsiveness
  • frostbite (moderate to severe)
  • burn (partial- or full-thickness) – small or to non-critical areas
  • mild altered mental state
2 points

  • eye injury
  • minor fracture, e.g., finger, clavicle
  • closed extremity fracture or dislocation
  • severe sprain/strain that limits mobility
  • major bleeding, e.g., arterial/large vein
  • extremity amputation (except finger or toe)
  • burn (partial- or full-thickness) – extensive or to critical areas)
  • medical condition (major influence, e.g., hypoglycemia, seizures, pregnancy, hypothermia)
  • head injury with loss of consciousness or altered responsiveness less than 1 minute
  • behavioral crisis
3 points

  • shock (hypotensive)
  • open or severely angulated extremity fractures
  • femur fracture (traction splint)
  • neck, back, pelvis fractures (backboard immobilization)
  • fracture or dislocation with circulatory, motor, or sensory deficit
4 points

  • unresponsive patient
  • any life-threatening situation, e.g., stroke, heart attack, severe respiratory distress, acute     abdomen, etc.

 

NATIONAL SKI PATROL

OEC SCENARIO SCORING MATRIX

Environment

0 points

  • site does not add difficulty
1 point

  • difficult extrication or rescue
  • disentanglement
  • extreme slope or off trail
  • rescuer/bystanders in danger
2 points

  • combination of any of the above

 

Personnel

0 points

  • single patient
  • trained help
1 point

  • more than one patient
  • untrained assistants
  • obnoxious or hysterical patient/bystander
  • disoriented patient
  • language/communication barrier
2 points

  • physical danger to self/others