On a hot, humid day, several clients present to the emergency department with symptoms of heat exposure. Which client will be treated first? A client who:
a. Has normal mental status and flu-like symptoms
b. Is diaphoretic with nausea and vomiting
c. Is hypotensive and tachycardic
d. Is anxious and confused
D
Normal mental status, flu-like symptoms, diaphoresis, nausea and vomiting, hypotension, and tachycardia all are symptoms of heat exhaustion. The differentiating symptom between heat ex-haustion and exertional heat stroke is the presence of mental status changes, which indicate thermal injury to the brain and represent an emergency situation.
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