A patient (25 year old male), arrives in the emergency room, suffering from a ruptured spleen from a car accident. The ER physician orders 10 units of RBCs be on stand by for the patient. The patient’s blood type is A negative. What blood types can be infused in the patient? Your patient has received 7 units of the blood crossmatched above and is heading to the OR. The surgeon wants 10 units on standby (spleens really bleed). You are out of Rh negative blood. What are your options?

Ayoung boy, age 2 years, pulled a pot of boiling water over his head, arms, and chest, resulting in a mixed burn to the anterior surface of his head and arms, chest, and feet. 1. discuss the factors that determine the classification of the types of burns and determine what type(s) this victim probably has. 2. discuss how the physicians in the emergency room will determine the percentage of the body that may be burned and what special considerations may be involved when evaluating a child. 3. discuss the additional effects associated with burns and the treatments involved, which include shock, pain, electrolyte and fluid imbalances, respiratory complications, infection, metabolic problems, and anemia. 4. discuss the actions to promote the healing of burns. specifically address the problems that may be associated with scarring and the effects of growth that this 2-year-old may experience.