Write a paragraph to highlight the three most significant considerations when assessing the following patients. Consider physiological, psychological or historical information. 1. A 3 day old baby with peri orbital cellulitis. 2. An intoxicated young male with a laceration to the back of his head, poor historian 3. A 38 week pregnant woman involved in a low speed motor vehicle collision 4. A 200kg person with shortness of breath5. An 85 year old with decreased mobility and falls 6. A 2 year old toddler, pale, sitting quietly on mums lap during assessment

 

Think back to the most recent shift where you had a patient load in the acute care setting and were receiving handover. Make a list/table of the patients you were allocated (give them a letter, for example, patient A – abdominal pain).A  Presentation  Age and medical history  S&S, assessment  Potential pitfalls?  Clinical indicators?

 

1. Describe how you assessed each patient (using table format) 2. What could potentially go wrong for that patient? 3. What would be the clinical indicators that they were deteriorating? 4. What else would alter your prioritisation order? 5. In a paragraph, how did you prioritise the interventions required for those patients, please explain your rationale.