Your patient is the 24-year-old male victim of a drive-by shooting. He is sitting on the ground on your arrival, with his legs stretched in front of him. You note that his sweatpants are bloody below the right knee. He is alert, though complaining of right leg pain, and has adequate ventilation, as well as a radial pulse of 88. To decide if this patient should be transported quickly to a trauma center, you should consider if he meets which of the following?
A) A Glasgow Coma Scale score of at least 15
B) CDC Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients
C) A revised trauma score of at least 20
D) All of the above
Question 2
Which of the following trauma patients is MOST likely to have SCIWORA when examined in the hospital?
A) 5-year-old male
B) 80-year-old female
C) 21-year-old male
D) 45-year-old female
Asiatic Lion Male
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
Pelvis Male from side and above
Walkers help the patient ambulate safely.
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