Question

A group of clients is admitted with neurologic injury after hiking at high altitude. the nurse is assessing using the "avpu" mnemonic. which type of emergency assessment is the nurse performing?

Answer 1

The nurse is performing disability assessment.  

Disability assessment is a component of the primary survey, which is performed to evaluate the consciousness level, which may get affected due to a neurologic injury. In the mnemonic AVPU, the A indicates alert, V indicates a response to voice, P indicates a response to pain, and U indicates unresponsiveness.