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NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study

Case Study: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) NUR 401 Scenario: Rocky is a 56 y.o. aeronautical scientist who was involved in a motor vehicle crash (MVC). He was the driver of a vehicle that was hit head-on, pinning him behind the steering wheel. The airbag deployed. He was intubated on scene by pre-hospital personnel and air lifted to a Level I Trauma Center. In the emergency department (ED) the trauma examination and work up revealed bilateral flail chest, right hemopneumotho...

Head Trauma Case Study-J.R Scenario/ Head Trauma Case Study NUR 401 Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply ...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study Questions

Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, youimmediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher, and take J.R. to a treatment...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study J.R. What steps will you take to assess J.R.?  First I would assess his airway to make sure it is patent and nothing is prohibiting him from getting air in  The I would assess his breathing to see if he is in distress, listen to lung sounds, count respirations, and assess chest expansion  Check Circulation assessing blood loss from laceration, by feeling for pulses, cap refill, checking for cyanosis and checking BP  Lastly I would perform Glasgow...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study J.R. Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a str...

NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study J.R. Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a str...

Head Trauma Case Study-J.R Course NUR 401 (NUR401) Institution University Of Alabama, Huntsville NUR 401 Head Trauma Case Study-J.R Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency depa...