Ms. Hooper is a 24-year-old Caucasian woman who presents to the emergency room with acute neck pain following an automob
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:07 am
Ms. Hooper is a 24-year-old Caucasian woman who presents to the
emergency room with acute neck pain following an automobile
accident. Her vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle.
She does not know how fast the other vehicle was moving when it
struck her car. Her friends drove her to the emergency room. She
was able to walk into the hospital and sit upright while waiting to
be examined. On physical exam, you find no neurologic deficits. She
is alert with a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) score of 15. She is able
to actively rotate her neck 45 degrees to the left and to the
right, though it does hurt to do so. However, she does not have
midline cervical spine tenderness. A blood test shows no alcohol or
other drugs in her system. She has no other serious injuries. She
does have a minor contusion above her left eyebrow and bruising
across her shoulder and abdomen from the seatbelt. She reports no
other health problems. She is taking oral contraceptive pills. Ms.
Hooper does not have health insurance and you need to determine if
she requires c-spine imaging to rule out a c-spine fracture.
1. Write three focused clinical questions.
2. For each question, write three to ten search terms you might
use.
3. List where you might begin to look for answers to each of
your questions.
4. Perform at least one search using all of the related sources
in your list and write a summary of what you learn by searching for
the same terms in different locations.
emergency room with acute neck pain following an automobile
accident. Her vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle.
She does not know how fast the other vehicle was moving when it
struck her car. Her friends drove her to the emergency room. She
was able to walk into the hospital and sit upright while waiting to
be examined. On physical exam, you find no neurologic deficits. She
is alert with a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) score of 15. She is able
to actively rotate her neck 45 degrees to the left and to the
right, though it does hurt to do so. However, she does not have
midline cervical spine tenderness. A blood test shows no alcohol or
other drugs in her system. She has no other serious injuries. She
does have a minor contusion above her left eyebrow and bruising
across her shoulder and abdomen from the seatbelt. She reports no
other health problems. She is taking oral contraceptive pills. Ms.
Hooper does not have health insurance and you need to determine if
she requires c-spine imaging to rule out a c-spine fracture.
1. Write three focused clinical questions.
2. For each question, write three to ten search terms you might
use.
3. List where you might begin to look for answers to each of
your questions.
4. Perform at least one search using all of the related sources
in your list and write a summary of what you learn by searching for
the same terms in different locations.