You Have Responded to a Local Pool for a Drowning

question 48

Multiple Choice

You have responded to a local pool for a drowning patient.Lifeguards have pulled the patient out of the pool prior to your arrival.You find a 22-year-old male patient unresponsive with agonal respirations and a weak carotid pulse.Bystanders state the patient was not using the diving board and was found in the shallow end.Why are cervical spine precautions necessary?

• A) The patient may have suffered a spinal injury by jumping in shallow water.
• B) The patient may have suffered a cervical spine injury when pulled out of the water.
• C) The patient may have been using the diving board after all and injured his cervical spine.
• D) The patient may have hit his head on the side wall while swimming laps.

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