A Patient Is Brought to the Emergency Department Following a Motor

question 31

Short Answer

A patient is brought to the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident. The patient jerks away from the nurse attempting to start an IV in the right arm and says, "Bring me my book. I need to eat." When asked what happened in the accident, the patient looks frantically from nurse to nurse and says, "I have a dog." Calculate the patient's Glasgow Coma score. Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.

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Definitions:

Ethical Decisions

Choices made based on moral principles and values, aiming to do what is right and beneficial for the majority and avoiding harm.

Defamation

A legal term for a false statement presented as a fact that causes injury to an individual's reputation.

Slander

Defamation that is spoken.

Libel

A written or published statement of defamation.