Patient with intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring an endovascular coiling procedure.
A 53-year-old man with a sudden onset of visual disturbances and a severe headache is transported to the emergency department, triaged as emergent, and seen immediately. His care is described on the basis of embolization and coiling in interventional radiology. Prioritization and nursing management postprocedure are discussed, and the importance of astute nursing interventions in the emergency department is presented.
Norton
Colleen K
CK
School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA. nortonc@georgetown.edu
Linenfelser
Paula
P
D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*