Emergency · History

Painful arm bite

Easy

8 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 2

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Warren Garlett, 41, who has come in with a painful bite on his arm.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis
  • You do not need to examine the patient
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • You do not need to discuss management