The patient is brought to the emergency department after being pulled from a structure fire by rescue personnel. A stat bronchoscopy is ordered. The nurse informs the patient's spouse of which rationale for this order?

The nurse is testing the patient’s eyes for accommodation by holding a finger in front of the eyes and asking the patient to look at a point over the nurse’s shoulder then look at the finger. The nurse documents which bilateral response as normal?

The nurse is reviewing the lab results of a patient in the intensive care unit and finds the patient’s lactate to be 5.4 mmol/L. Which additional value is most responsible for this value?