Emergency · History + examination

Burnt hand and painful arm

Hard

8 min station · 2 min reading · Notre Dame Year 4

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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 at Hedland Health Campus. Your next patient is Dario Mancuso, 34, brought in by road ambulance from a mine site with a burn on his right hand and a painful right arm.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment