Assignment task: Allen O'Ryan, 15 years old, is brought to the emergency department by EMS after being burned. EMS reports that Allen's nylon tank top caught fire from a gasoline flashback when Allen's friend attempted to start a car while Allen was pouring gasoline from a soda can into the carburetor. Vital signs are T 36.6°C; HR 180 beats per minute; respirations 25 breaths per minute; blood pressure 131/81 (taken on left calf). (Learning Objectives 4, 5, 6, and 7)
Q1. What would be the nurse's priority assessments?
Q2. What assessments would follow the priority assessments?
Q3. What would be priority nursing management in the emergency department?
Q4. Allen asks you if he is going to die. How would you support Allen and his family psychosocially?