You are en route to the trauma center with a patient who was injured when he was thrown from a horse. You suspect multiple trauma injuries including a closed head injury. You will monitor his mental status using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) per your protocols. Which of the following will you check?
A) Speech patterns, motor patterns, and mental status
B) Motor response, verbal response, and attentiveness
C) Eye-opening, motor response, and verbal response
D) Verbal responses, motor skills, and mental status
Question 2
Common characteristics of victims of sexual assault include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. celibacy and denial of own sexuality.
b. phobias related to the offender.
c. regressive behavior such as bed-wetting.
d. withdrawal tendencies.
Patient Position for Posterior Percussion
Patient with exophthalmos.
Patient Teaching
Patient conditions not appropriate for elctronic blood pressure measurement
Patient's forearm supported in bed