The scene is safe and the electricity is off. You are told he was attempting to make a repair and somehow received an electrical shock and was thrown to the ground. You are dispatched to a local industrial plant for an "electrical injury." You arrive on-scene and find a 46-year-old male lying supine in front of an electrical panel. Tell the coach the patient is okay and he can go back into the ball game. Have the coach apply cold to the area and let the pitcher back in the game if he does not get worse in the next 15 minutes.ĭ. No other care needs to be provided, as there is really no significant sign of any injury.Ĭ. Have the patient walk to the ambulance and take him to the ED. Take appropriate Standard Precautions, apply high-concentration oxygen by nonrebreather mask, and transport the patient ASAP, carefully monitoring the patient during transport.ī. Your exam reveals nothing remarkable except mild pain when you palpate the injured area. He is upset that the ambulance was called and wants to go back into the game and continue pitching. He states that nothing is hurting except he has some mild pain in the area where he was struck. Apparently he was the pitcher and was struck in the abdominal area by a line drive ball that was hit very hard. You are dispatched to the local high school for a "person struck with a baseball." You arrive on the scene and find a 16-year-old male sitting on the bench.
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