Pediatric Patient

The Growth and Development of a Pediatric Patient
Reason for Hospitalization The patient presented throughout this discussion is a nine-month-old male patient of the pediatric unit. This patient was involved in a car accident in which the car he was in was at a complete stop and rear-ended by a car going 60 miles per hour. Fortunately, the mother of the infant and the infant did not receive life-threatening injuries. However, the events that followed this accident escalated quickly and certainly took an emotional and mental toll on the mother and family of this patient. The mother and infant were brought into the hospital, treated, and were discharged the same day. Approximately one day after his discharge the patient began vomiting and his parents stated he was “just not acting right.” According to the parents he was not responding to stimuli as usual and became increasingly fussy so they decided to bring him into the children’s emergency room. The child was readmitted to the pediatric unit and was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hematoma. The shearing force the child’s brain went through as it moved backward and forward in the skull from the impact of the crash caused the hematoma. This patient has no other medical …show more content…
However, by nine months of age they should be able to reach, grasp objects, and transfer items from hand to another (Berman, Frandsen, and Snyder, 2016). This patient showed positive motor development progress by demonstrating his ability to reach for his toys, move them around in his hands, and maintaining a good grasp. Additionally, the child should be able to sit with help, bear weight on his legs with support, and make efforts to crawl (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). This patient was not able to demonstrate any efforts to crawl due to his activity being limited to the crib but he was able to sit upright on his own and support his weight when standing on his parents