ANALYZE AND IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF (1)  ASSESSMENT NEEDED, (2) THE SUBJECTIVE, AND (3) THE OBJECTIVE DATA OF EACH  SCENARIO. CASE SITUATION #3: You have a 48-year-old male patient who comes in stating, “I feel like I can’t breathe.” Patients’  respirations are 28 breaths per minute and their heart rate is 115 beats per minute. The patient  then grabs his chest and says, “My chest hurts so bad, please help!” You ask the patient to rate  the pain on a scale from 0-10, 10 being the worst pain ever. The patient replies, “10, it hurts so  badly!” You then ask the patient to describe what the pain feels like, the patient reports that his  pain feels like pressure. Your patient then starts to become diaphoretic and pale. You take an  EKG that shows Sinus Tachycardia. The pulse oximeter shows 100% on room air and the  patients’ blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg

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READ THE FOLLOWING CASE SCENARIO. ANALYZE AND IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF (1)  ASSESSMENT NEEDED, (2) THE SUBJECTIVE, AND (3) THE OBJECTIVE DATA OF EACH  SCENARIO.

CASE SITUATION #3:
You have a 48-year-old male patient who comes in stating, “I feel like I can’t breathe.” Patients’ 
respirations are 28 breaths per minute and their heart rate is 115 beats per minute. The patient 
then grabs his chest and says, “My chest hurts so bad, please help!” You ask the patient to rate 
the pain on a scale from 0-10, 10 being the worst pain ever. The patient replies, “10, it hurts so 
badly!” You then ask the patient to describe what the pain feels like, the patient reports that his 
pain feels like pressure. Your patient then starts to become diaphoretic and pale. You take an 
EKG that shows Sinus Tachycardia. The pulse oximeter shows 100% on room air and the 
patients’ blood pressure is 120/80 mmHg

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