Intensive Care Nursing/Sepsis Scenarios/Medical Sepsis Unfolding Case Study 2
Background and Arrival In The Emergency Department
editMB is an 87-year-old patient who is brought to the emergency department from a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) due to progressing altered mental status and combative behavior over the past 4 days. Patient vomited in the emergency department.
On arrival the patient is connected to the monitor and vital signs are as followed:
Temperature: 38.3 C (101 F)
HR: 99
BP: 80/48
RR: 18
SpO2: 97% @ RA
White Blood Cell count: 16k/microliter