A patient is brought to the hospital after being found on the floor at the bottom of a flight of stairs.The patient has an obvious depressed skull fracture and is bleeding from her right ear.Initially,the nurse assesses the patency of the patient's airway,her breathing,and the rate and rhythm of her pulse.What assessments and questions will be part of the nurse's secondary survey? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
A) "How did the injury occur?"
B) "What care was provided at the site of the injury?"
C) "Has anything like this ever happened before?"
D) Blood pressure measurement will occur.
E) A general systems assessment will occur.
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