Question

A 54-year-old male accidentally shot himself in the leg while cleaning his gun. your assessment reveals a small entrance wound to the medial aspect of his right leg. the exit wound is on the opposite side of the leg and is actively bleeding. the patient complains of numbness and tingling in his right foot. you should:

Answer 1

Immediately clean and dress the wound on both the entering and exiting wounds. Next, feel the place where the patient states it is numb and ask how it feels. Considering how the incident happen you may have to do closer research to access nerves and muscles for the male. This may or may not give answers to the tingling. You may need to give a blood transfusion due to the possibility of lack of blood and how old the patient is.