While you are performing a secondary assessment, your trauma patient complains of the sudden onset of difficulty breathing. Which of the following is your most appropriate response?
a. Make a mental note and continue with the assessment.
b. Stop the assessment and provide appropriate care.
c. Reassess the patient, beginning with the head.
d. Reevaluate the mechanism of injury.
Question 2
Which of the following actions should you take during a secondary assessment of a 45-year-old female with a severe headache?
a. Assess from head to toe, obtain a SAMPLE history, and obtain vital signs
b. Reassess vital signs, open the airway, and obtain OPQRST information
c. Continue emergency care, obtain the chief complaint, and gather a SAMPLE history
d. Assess the head, reevaluate vital signs, and continue emergency care
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