Click this button below to generate random components for an OEC Senior Scenario.  If you get an output that does not make sense such as an unconscious patient and a conscious patient, either split it in to two patients or simply click the button again to generate a different scenario.

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

Illness or injury factors that contribute to scene difficulty:

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.

Environment

Environmental factors that contribute to scene difficulty:

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

Personnel factors that contribute to scene difficulty:

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

This generator tool is derived from this original text from the Central Division Senior Material which can be found here: https://www.nspcentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Senior-08-NSP-OEC-Scenario-Scoring-Matrix.pdf