Question: A First Responder Has Approached You Looking For Some Advice. Here Is Her Story: “I Just Helped The EMTs Transport A Young Guy Who Ran His Car Into A Telephone Pole. His Car Was A Real Mess. It Took Us About 20 Minutes To Cut Him Out Of It. He Had Some Serious Cuts And Brusies From All The Broken Glass And Metal. In Fact, I Helped To Control Bleeding …

A First Responder has approached you looking for some advice. Here is her story: “I just helped the EMTs transport a young guy who ran his car into a telephone pole. His car was a real mess. It took us about 20 minutes to cut him out of it. He had some serious cuts and brusies from all the broken glass and metal. In fact, I helped to control bleeding to his right forearm. He also said that he had neck and back pain.” “Initially he looked pretty good. The weird thing was that by the time we got him extricated, he was as white as a sheet. After we immobilized him on a long backboard and loaded him in the back of the ambulance, he was breathing really fast and getting combative, The EMT was unable to get a blood pressure, and his pulse was almost too fast to count.” As we transported him with lights and sirens, we applied 100% oxygen and elevated his legs. We frantically looked for any signs of trauma, but except for the cuts and bruises and some abdominal pain, we couldn’t find anything. The guy died in the emergency department. What do you think happened? Did we miss something? What do you think happened to this patient? Explain why you think this. You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads