What initial assessment is crucial for clients with suspected pelvic and femur fractures?

The initial assessment that is crucial for clients with suspected pelvic and femur fractures is the pain assessment. In cases of fractures, clients often experience significant pain which can provide important insights into the nature and severity of the injury. Pain assessment helps in identifying the location, intensity, and type of pain, which can influence immediate treatment decisions.

Understanding the level of pain can also indicate the need for urgent interventions, such as pain management or stabilization of the affected area, and helps inform healthcare providers about potential complications associated with fractures, such as shock or internal bleeding due to pelvic fractures.

While mobility evaluation, swelling measurement, and age assessment are also important in the broader context of injury assessment, they do not provide as immediate and critical information about the condition of the patient as a pain assessment does during the initial evaluation phase.