trayyhawk03

Well I thought ABC first, but my teacher says that if a person is yelling that he can't breathe, then he must be able to breathe since he is yelling....she said to first help the blind person to the bathroom, so that he won't fall, send a CNA to do the blood sugar, and then assess the pt. who's unable to breathe....So this is why I am confused!!! I would think to check on the breathing first!

my teacher says to help blind man to the bathroom first, so that he won't fall, then send CNA to go do blood sugar, and then assess the pt. that's unable to breathe, because if he's yelling, mthen he must be able to breathe....so, that's why I'm confused! I would think to help the pt. who couldn't breathe first!

Well you're absolutely right....my teacher says that if pt. is yelling, then apparently he can breathe---she say's to help blind man first so that he won't fall, then send a CNA to go do blood sugar and then Go and assess the man that's unable to breathe---See how tricky it can be? That's been my problem, I know that it should be ABC, but I know that it's not always that way---thanx alot!

I am a first year nursing student and right now we are learning how to do a focu assessment and how to prioritize when you go into a patient's room. The scenario that my teacher gave us was, You have a patient yelling that he can't breathe, another patient, who's blind but needs to get up and go to the bathroom, and the third patient is a diabetic who's hungry but needs his blood sugar checked before he eats...the problem that i'm having is trying to prioritize on what to do first. Can anyone give me any advice on how to prioritize? Please? By the way this is for LVN program