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Help!!!! Ques for a nursing student need tonite

You are assessing a 16 year old patient with head injuries from a recent motor vehicle accident. Which of the following statement s indicates the most important reason for assessing for any drainage from the canal?

a) if the drum has ruptured, there will be purulent drainage.

b) Bloody or clear watery drainage can indicate a basal skull fracture.

c) His auditory canal may be occluded from increased cer8umen

d) There may be occlusion of the canal secondarty to foreign bodies from the accident.

I said B. What would you say?

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i say B too

I am with you on this one:

B

I also choose B.

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Thanks guys!!!!!:yeah:

Yep, I'll agree too. And if there is drainage, I'd check to see if is was potentially CSF (halo affect on tissue or guaze).

Yep, I'll agree too. And if there is drainage, I'd check to see if is was potentially CSF (halo affect on tissue or guaze).

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I say B too...

B for me too.

It couldn't be A, as purulent drainage is an indication of infection, and that would require 24-48 hours post injury (minimum).

It isn't C, as increased cerumen (ear wax) is irrelevant to an injurious process.

It isn't D, as the question asks for drainage, and an occluded ear canal wouldn't have drainage.

So it must be B

Another one saying B. The others don't really make sense in light of the information you're given.

It's definatly B

yep, i'll agree too. and if there is drainage, i'd check to see if is was potentially csf (halo affect on tissue or guaze).

student wants to know: what is this? we were taught in class to use a glucometer to check for csf but this sounds like it might be a bit more timely in a situation if there's no glucometer immediately at hand. i would assume what it is from the description but you know what they say about assume...

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