Focused Health Assessment
Lola Lewis-Walker
University of Phoenix
NUR/420: Health Assessment
Gina Robinson, MSN, RN, CLNC
December 18, 2006
Focused Health Assessment
Trauma one Pediatric Emergency Department! Trauma one Pediatric Emergency Department responding over! Rescue Unit 29 transporting a 12 year-old boy, named Mike, hit by a car while riding his bicycle. This is a hit and run accident, but other motorists called a rescue unit. The child was not wearing a helmet. Facial bleeding is under control, but he suffered facial and head trauma. There appeared to be no facture of the extremities. Presently he is awake and semi-alert. Vitals signs: BP 120/56, Pulse 120, Oxygen saturation on room air 90%, Respiratory rate, 24. He is mobilized with a cervical collar on a gurney. Rescue 29 over! Emergency department preparing for arrival over!
As a nurse working in the Pediatric Emergency Department in rural Belle Glade......
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