CASE STUDY #1
,Emergency/trauma objectives:
■ Utilize or evaluate assessment data to inform patient care
■ Inspect and respond to an emergency patient using assessment tools
■ Interpret data findings to employ best practice interventions
■ Predict complications of hypoxia/hypoxemia and hypovolemia
,Case study #1
Mrs. H, a 72-year-old widow, has been in the critical care unit f
the past week after being diagnosed with respiratory failure an
pneumonia. Her medical history includes COPD, obesity, type
diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, hypertensio
chronic kidney disease, stage 3. She has been intubated and i
on mechanical ventilation. She has received continuous entera
feedings through a nasogastric tube, numerous antibiotics, and
dopamine for blood pressure support during her first 3 days in
the ICU. She has a triple-lumen central venous access cathete
Which of her co-morbidities may have played a role in her
admitting diagnoses?
, Concept map
Her medical history includes COPD, obesity,
2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery
disease, hypertension, chronic kidney diseas
stage 3.
Let’s create a concept map linking diagnoses
relevant labs, and medications…
,Emergency/trauma objectives:
■ Utilize or evaluate assessment data to inform patient care
■ Inspect and respond to an emergency patient using assessment tools
■ Interpret data findings to employ best practice interventions
■ Predict complications of hypoxia/hypoxemia and hypovolemia
,Case study #1
Mrs. H, a 72-year-old widow, has been in the critical care unit f
the past week after being diagnosed with respiratory failure an
pneumonia. Her medical history includes COPD, obesity, type
diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, hypertensio
chronic kidney disease, stage 3. She has been intubated and i
on mechanical ventilation. She has received continuous entera
feedings through a nasogastric tube, numerous antibiotics, and
dopamine for blood pressure support during her first 3 days in
the ICU. She has a triple-lumen central venous access cathete
Which of her co-morbidities may have played a role in her
admitting diagnoses?
, Concept map
Her medical history includes COPD, obesity,
2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery
disease, hypertension, chronic kidney diseas
stage 3.
Let’s create a concept map linking diagnoses
relevant labs, and medications…
