Life Span Development - Chapter 10 Case Study

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering key facts, measurements, medications, and clinical observations from the Chapter 10 Life Span Development case study.

Ambulance 5281

The ambulance unit dispatched to 1425 Washington Avenue for a 16-year-old female complaining of abdominal pain.

Primary Assessment (Time: 0 minutes)

Initial clinical evaluation showing the patient in a fetal position and obvious distress, alert to person, place, and day, open airway, breathing at $24\text{ breaths/min}$ (adequate), and strong radial pulses at $118\text{ beats/min}$ with no external bleeding.

Patient's Pain Characterization

Right-sided lower abdominal pain rated as $9$ on a $0\text{--}10$ visual analog scale, radiating to the back and groin.

Fexofenadine

Medication taken by the 16-year-old female patient for her allergies.

Albuterol

Medication taken by the 16-year-old female patient for her asthma.

Extended-cycle birth control pills

Medication taken by the patient for regulation of her menstrual cycle, which she reported missing a couple of doses of over the past few months.

Assessment Vitals (Time: 10 minutes)

Re-assessment parameters showing pale, warm, and moist skin; pulse of $118\text{ beats/min}$; blood pressure of $130/88\text{ mm Hg}$; respirations of $24\text{ breaths/min}$; and an $\text{SaO}_2$ of $98\%$.

Transport Details

A $20\text{-minute}$ transport to the local hospital during which the patient's father rode in the cab of the ambulance while the patient received IV line initiation in the back.