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CSM: Circulation, Sensation, Motion.

Cutoff Scanning Matrix (CSM): structural classification and function prediction by protein inter-residue distance patterns.

A S.O.A.P. note refers to an organizational system for information that a Wilderness First Aid provider has gathered over the course of a full Patient Assessment. The information is put into a written or sometimes verbal format divided into four sections: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan or S.O.A.P.

circulation, sensation, and motor function (a mnemonic for guiding the assessment of an injured limb, e.g., before and after it is splinted or casted).

Wilderness first aid, or “WFA”, is a generic term that commonly refers to any training course that focuses on prevention, assessment, and treatment for an ill or injured person in a remote environment where definitive care by a physician and/or rapid transport is not readily available.

We can use DRABC to do this: Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing and Circulation.

The basics are same as a standard first-aid course–stop the bleeding, open the airway, and consider a head or spine injury–but there's a heavier focus on the “now what”? Depending on your location, you may have to manage that situation for 30 minutes, 3 hours, or 2 days.