Case Study: ER

Name: Morgan Wesley

Date: 7/18/18
Answer the questions based on your understanding of the Case Study provided below.

A patient is admitted to the ER after a car accident. He has SOB, tachycardia, and cyanosis. He
needed CPR at the scene of the accident. At the ER, the patient is stabilized, his Hx is taken, and he
is treated. The doctor prescribes pain medication to be given TID for five days then BID until it runs
out.

1. What medical treatment was given at the scene of the accident?

CPR

2. What part of the hospital was the patient taken to?

Emergency Room

3. In non-technical language, describe the signs that the patient had when he arrived at the
hospital.
Shortness of breath, a unusually high heartbeat, and discoloration of skin

4. How often is the pain medication to be given to the patient?

Three times a day for five days and then after that twice a day

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