Assessment of a young girl who was hit while riding her bike reveals her to be responsive to painful stimuli with flexion of the extremities and in respiratory distress. There is marked deformity to her thoracic spine and bruising noted to her anterior chest and abdomen. She does not move her legs when noxious stimuli are applied to the lower extremities. Manual inline spinal stabilization is being held and a cervical collar has been applied. Given the critical nature of this patient, which one of the following is MOST appropriate for her care?
A) Transfer her to the long board already on the stretcher and secure with straps en route to the hospital.
B) Complete immobilization to the long board on scene prior to rapid transport to the hospital.
C) Wait for family members to arrive prior to moving her to the stretcher for immediate transport to the hospital.
D) Rapidly transfer her to the stretcher with immobilization to the long board done en route to the hospital.
Question 2
You determine a patient's heart rate to be 48 beats per minute. That heart rate would be categorized as:
A) bradycardic.
B) normal.
C) tachypneic.
D) tachycardic.
assessment techniques
Nursing history for head assessment
Nursing history for male genetalia assessment
Girl with Down syndrome.
Young children typically are boundlessly curious about the world around them.
Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model.