Of the following give choices;
Provide analgesia.
Give the Hib vaccine.
Practice airborne precautions.
Provide IV antibiotics.
The answer is Provide
IV antibiotics. Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency since it
could lead to death within hours or few days if not managed/treated. When IV antibiotics
are given, in high doses (so they are able to
pass the blood-brain barrier), the chances
of deaths of the patient are reduced to
5% in all cases of bacterial meningitis.
