NURSING 206

Cardiac Tamponade Case Study Case Scenario You are the charge nurse on the intermediate cardiac care unit in a large hospital. One of the clients on the unit is Mr. Roy, who was admitted at 1300 after a motor vehicle accident in which he sustained a chest contusion and fractures of the fourth and fifth ribs on his left side. At about 2000 hours, his wife runs up to you at the nurses' station and says, "I think my husband just had a heart attack. Come quick!" She follows you into his roo...