Reference no: EM133374390
Case Study 1: Motor Vehicle Accident
Dispatch informs you at 1600 hours of a male patient who has been involved in a single motor vehicle accident. Communication from dispatch states that the patient has suffered multiple injuries but is conscious and alert. The patient is located on a country back road with minimal traffic, but police are on the way for scene safety.
On arrival at the scene, you identify that the police are on scene managing any potential traffic related risks or dangers to ensure scene safety.
The patient is lying on the ground next to the vehicle, bleeding profusely from a head wound. He is holding his shoulder, groaning, and appears to be in significant pain.
On assessment you determine the patient is a 65-year-old male, Trent Turner. He informs you that he was driving when, for no apparent reason that he could identify, he just left the road and hit a large tree.
You identify that Trent also has a fracture to his right shoulder, a swollen and distorted left ankle and is experiencing numbness in his right fingers and wrist.
Trent starts to show signs of shock; he is pale, has clammy skin, below range BP, presenting with rapid breathing and pulse rate, and his pupils are somewhat dilated.
The weather is warm, currently 32-degrees and the environment does not indicate any apparent hazard or cause for the accident.
Trent is having difficulty answering any additional questions and is presenting as confused. He is a smoker.
Identify the pathophysiology and Mechanism of Injury (MOI) based on the above information.
• Pathophysiology
• Mechanism of Injury (MOI)