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A&P II Signature Assignment Mr. Hendrix, a 46-year-old male, was on his way to the store to run an errand for his wife. This was the middle of a February winter storm and the roads were a bit icy. He lost control of his vehicle, slid into oncoming traffic in the opposite lane, and collided head on with a FedEx truck Witnesses called 911 and paramedics arrived quickly. The FedEx driver suffered only minor cuts and scrapes, but Mr. Hendrix was having difficulty breathing and complaining of severe chest pain. Transport time to the nearest trauma center was less than two minutes, so the emergency personnel elected to "scoop and haul." For this assignment, you and each person in your group will be given a different role to play: the EMT (D), the ER nurse (A), the lab technician (C), or the attending doctor (B). Each person will receive pieces of unique information that correspond to their individual jobs. You will research your information to conclude or interpret what they mean. Then you will meet as a group, combine all of your pertinent information and come up with a diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan for Mr. Hendrix [Teamwork] Individually and IN YOUR OWN WORDS you will: I. (Critical thinkingl Write a report summarizing what you came up with as a group concerning Mr. Hendrix's condition (you need to address each one of his symptoms and explain and after care instructions/expectations. significance), diagnosis (as it pertains to each detail of his condition), prognosis, treatment plan, [Empirical and Quantitative Skills] Create a graph that maps out Mr. Hendrix's blood pH, Pco. bicarbonate levels, and urine pH over the time intervals provided. Write a paragraph indicating at which time point Mr. Hendrix recovered to full homeostasis and why you chose that time over the others. 2. [Communication] Write a summary of how you, as a medical practitioner, would explain Mr Hendrix's condition to his family. Include things like what happened, what his diagnosis is, what you are going to do to treat him, and what his prognosis is. Remember, most people do not have a medical background so you will need to present the information in a way that you still sound professional but the family can still follow and understand what is going on with their loved one. 3. 4. Teamwork] Provide a performance review of your group members in which you assess their contributions, cooperation, efficiency, and ability to communicate their ideas. You must also provide justification for your critique on each assessment point. Be sure to include how disagreements were handled, if any arose. Lastly, keep in mind that you are expected to work as a group, but the typed assignment is to be done individually. Include reputable sources where applicable (Wikipedia & WebMD required. It must be submitted via Canvas and is due on April NO LATE SUBMISSIONS ALLOWED not allowed) and cite ig h

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1)The above mentioned patient has the following signs and symptoms the patient has mild injuries and scratches and the patient has difficulty in breathing along with chest pain after he has been hit his head with the opposite traffic lane.
The major concern is difficulty breathing. It is very important because we have to see whether the patient is not going in hypoxia and since the brain cells are very sensitive to oxygen
The diagnosis of the patient is head collision with chest pain and difficulty breathing.
The immediate treatment for the patient is that we have to provide oxygen to the patient and provide medication to relieve the chest pain.
the prognosis depends upon the patients health condition and the investigation and the results of the investigations
The treatment plan includes oxygen administration, IV Fluids, in case of any Hematoma we can go with mannitol. we have to monitor the ECG changes we have to provide medications to relieve the chest pain. we have to also do all the investigations and if the investigations have any abnormality we have to take that also into the treatment plan.
3) Your patient had a head collision and the collision had effect in the main parts of the brain that the patient had developed difficulty in breathing and he has developed chest pain.

Till now we are doing the symptomatic treatment for the patient by providing oxygen administration and the medications which will relieve the chest pain.
We are also doing the investigations such as measuring the pco2 level, bicarbonate levels, blood PH and urine pH depending upon the results the further treatment will be carried out for your patience till now we cannot say anything regarding the condition with the progress of the patient we will be updating you regarding the conditions.

4)

Positive review
a) each and every person in the team were very enthusiastic and very eager in improving the condition of the patient.
b) they were very eager in doing the investigations and where were waiting for the results in order to take the further step in the treatment.
c) each one where reporting to me regularly the assigned jobs
d) the interpretation of Investigation was done on the treatment was started at once in order to improve the health of the patient

negative reviews
a) there were some Unhealthy competition in between the group in order to prove themselves superior to other.
b)some were moody and was not interested in their job sometimes when the report was not that favourable.