Your Patient Remains Unresponsive After a Painful Stimulus Is Applied

question 36

Multiple Choice

Your patient remains unresponsive after a painful stimulus is applied. The family reports that the patient was found unconscious in bed after complaining of a "terrible headache." Which of the following represents the correct sequence of actions in this situation?
1) Obtain a brief history from the family.
2) Conduct a rapid secondary assessment.
3) Perform a detailed exam.
4) Determine vital signs.
5) Perform a primary assessment.

• A) 5, 2, 3, 1
• B) 5, 1, 2, 4
• C) 5, 1, 3, 4
• D) 5, 2, 1, 4

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