An unresponsive 19-year-old female is supine on a bed next to several empty beer cans, and her 3-year-old son is running around the house. Vital signs are blood pressure 80/40, pulse 110, respirations 6 and shallow. You should..?
Ans: transport the woman and her son to the hospital.
In this question transporting the mother and son to the emergency care unit is a top priority.Emergency care is an integral part of an hospital.In this case a young woman is unresponsive with low B.P , tachycardia and decreased respiration who requires urgent and high quality medical care to prevent loss of life and initiate action for the restoration of normal healthy life.She also has small a child of 3 year old who is dependent on her.If his mother is not getting adequate emergency care she can go under critical situtaion. Mother may have heavy drinking which causes severe health prolems.
An unresponsive 19-year-old female is supine on a bed next to several empty beer cans, and...
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