Question

A nurse from the emergency room receives a telephone call from the emergency medical services and is told that several victims who survived a plane crash and are suffering from cold exposure will be transported to the hospital. The initial nursing action of the emergency nurse is which of the following? 1. Supply the trauma room with bottles of sterile water and normal saline. 2. Call the laundry department and ask the department to send as many warm blankets as possible to the emergency room. 3. Call the nursing supervisor to activate the agency disaster plan. 4. Call the intensive care unit to request that nurses be sent to the emergency room.

Answer 1

The initial nursing action of the emergency nurse in this scenario would be to call the nursing supervisor to activate the agency disaster plan. This is because a plane crash with multiple victims requiring treatment for cold exposure qualifies as a disaster situation, and activating the agency's disaster plan is essential to ensure a coordinated and organized response to the situatio

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