Reference no: EM133387609
Assignment:
An otherwise healthy 18 year old male presents in the ER after a car accident. Upon inspection the trachea was shifted to the right of midline with hyperresonant sounds to percussion in the upper left lobe.
1. What will this patients vital signs look like and why? (Give a value and a reason for the value for: RR, HR, SpO2, breath sounds, and blood pressure)
2. What is the most widely used instrument for quantifying neurologic impairment?
3. At what point would this patient need intubation?
4. If a patient cannot protect their airway (no gag reflex) they should be intubated. What 2 cranial nerves can be assessed?
5. Referring to number 4 how can they be assessed?
6. Also referring to number 4, how can they be assessed if the patient is intubated?
7. Consider a head to toe assessment- what may you find?