Spinal Cord Injury Case Study VERIFIED

Spinal Cord Injury Case Study VERIFIED :Scenario T.W. is a 22-year-old man who fell 50 feet from a chairlift while skiing and landed on hardpacked snow. He is now at the emergency department (ED) with a suspected T5-T6 fracture .with paraplegia :Chart View Physician’ s Orders · Insert Foley catheter · ECG monitoring · Immobilize the cervical spine · Oxygen at 4 L per nasal cannula · Initiate two large bore IVs · Neurologic assessment every hour · Apply warming blankets as needed 1. Describe a plan for implementing these physician's orders. • To implement this order I would first start by first immobilizing the cervical spine. This is considered an emergency and is critical because improper movement can cause further damage and loss of the neurological function. Next I would make sure the patient has his O2 to help facilitate his breathing, I would make sure the patient is connected to the ECG monitor next I would start the IV to have access to administer medications easily being that the patient it immobilized. After that I would complete my neurological assessment by assessing the patients m