An 18-year-old arrives in the Emergency Department via ambul…
An 18-year-old arrives in the Emergency Department via ambulance from a high school football game. The paramedics tell the nurse practitioner the patient received a blow to the head that rendered them unconscious. The patient regained consciousness just prior to being put in the ambulance. When assessing the patient the nurse practitioner asks the patient to repeat 3 digits backwards. This is part of the _______tool to test the patient’s __________.