4C SPINAL CORD INJURY

25. The nurse arrives at the site of a one-car motor-vehicle accident and stops to render aid. The driver of the car is unconscious. After stabilizing the client's cervical spine, which action should the nurse take *next*? 1. Carefully remove the driver from the car. 2. Assess the client's pupils for reaction. 3. Assess the client's airway. 4. Attempt to wake the client up by shaking him. - ANS-3. The nurse must maintain patent airway 26. In assessing a client with a Thoracic SCI...