A Patient Is Admitted with Injuries Sustained from a Skiing

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted with injuries sustained from a skiing accident. While completing the primary survey, the nurse suspects the patient has an injury to the spleen because of which findings? Select all that apply.

• A) Heart rate 120
• B) Referred pain to the left shoulder
• C) Upper left quadrant abdominal pain
• D) Hematuria
• E) Flank ecchymosis

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