Sepsis due to Hemophilus influenzae, septic shock:

Your patient is a 21-year-old male who slid head-first down a water slide at his fraternity house and impacted the bales of straw that his fraternity brothers had erected as a barrier to keep participants from sliding onto the adjacent highway. The patient is conscious and complaining of neck pain. Which of the following should be included in your assessment?

A) Apply painful stimuli to his extremities, starting distally and moving closer and closer to the body. B) Ask the patient to grasp and squeeze your hands. C) If the patient has no numbness or tingling, ask him to stand and try to walk. D) Ask the patient to cautiously touch his chin to his chest to check for range of motion.

You are treating an unresponsive diabetic patient. You have administered 25 grams of 50 percent dextrose. Which of the following is MOST important that you recheck and document on your run report?

A) That your IV site was patent when dextrose was delivered. B) Results of repeated blood glucose check. C) Any change in mental status after drug administration. D) All of the above should be reassessed and documented.