In: Nursing
Ihuman case Alex Walsh
a 22 year old male arrives at the clinic eight hours after the acute onset of mid-abdominal pain.
what are your primary concerns for this patient and what assessments would be associated with your concerns and why
Primary concern is to promote the choice and empowerment of health service users.
Abdominal pain may be the sudden, rapid,onset. The sudden onset abdominal pain may be associated with the gastrointestinal tract. Several reasons like ulcers in the intestine ,acidity problem etc . The primary concern for this patient is to diagnose hin properly.asked the patient where he feels the pain that may be the upper region of the abdomen and lower or the mid region. On the basis of region of the pain we diagnose it. And what kind of the symptoms showed by body during the abdominal pain like vomiting, headache ,fever etc. By collecting all this information several test may be done like ultrasound test. Acidity test, blood test ,urine test. If there will the bacterial infection or aur any other kind of the infection we can check out through such test. Till the reports are come we can give some medication that relief the pain at once