In: Nursing
A client is admitted to the emergency department with shortness of breath, excessive sweating, and nausea. The client states, "It feels like my chest is ripping open!". The nurse prepares for emergency treatment for which of the following conditions?
Group of answer choices
A. Acute arterial occlusion
B. Aortic aneurysm
C. Venous thrombosis
D.Aortic dissection
Aortic dissection specificaly is a Very serious kind of a condition that occur in our human body in which a tear in the wall of our main artery which will function to carrying blood out of our heart that is our aorta . Specifically when the condition progress then the tear will extends along our wall of the human aorta, this will result in the blood to flow in between that of the layers of our human blood vessel wall that is the dissection. Whenever this occurs the symptoms willl be very similar to that of our heart problems, like MI . Typical symptoms of the condition will include: Sudden as well as a severe chest in the individual , often the pain in the individual will be like a tearing, ripping or it can be like a shearing sensation in the chest of the individual . As well as diaphoresis and shortness of breath can occur in the individual .
So the answer is option D....Aortic dissection
Option a is wrong as in acute aortic occlusion ripping open pain will not he presented
Option b is wrong as in aortic aneurysm ripping open pain will not occur
Option c is wrong as in venus thrombosis ripping open pain will not occur