Posted: January 22nd, 2018

A 15-year-old male client arrives at the emergency department. He is conscious, coherent and ambulatory, but his shirt and pants are covered with blood : The important steps to take

A 15-year-old male client arrives at the emergency department. He is conscious, coherent and ambulatory, but his shirt and pants are covered with blood.

He and his hysterical friends are yelling and trying to explain that they were goofing around and he got poked in the abdomen with a stick. Which of the following comments should be given first consideration?

A. “He’s a diabetic, so he needs attention right away.”
B. “There was a lot of blood and we used three bandages.”
C. “The stick was really dirty and covered with mud.”
D. “He pulled the stick out, just now, because it was hurting him.”

A. “He’s a diabetic, so he needs attention right away.”
B. “There was a lot of blood and we used three bandages.”
C. “The stick was really dirty and covered with mud.”
D. “He pulled the stick out, just now, because it was hurting him.”

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