A pediatric nurse caring for patients in an emergency room performs an assessment of a child who survived a drowning incident.Which does the nurse assess when using the Orlowski scale on this child?

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According to the Orlowski scale,each item is assigned one point: 3 years of age or older,submersion time greater than 5 minutes,no resuscitation efforts for > 10 minutes after rescue,comatose on admission to the emergency room,and arterial pH < 7.10.If a child has a score of 2 or less,there is a 90% likelihood of a complete recovery.If a child has a score of 3 or more,there is a 5% rate of survival.

A Pediatric Nurse Caring for Patients in an Emergency Room