Women's health · History + examination

Cannot keep anything down

Medium

15 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Hannah Doyle, 25, presenting with about three weeks of vomiting and unable to keep anything down.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Explain your diagnosis and management plan to the patient

  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • Verbalise your examination and ask for any tests you want; the examiner will give findings and results on request
  • You do not need to write medication or fluid orders
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment