Emergency · History + examination

Eyes stuck upwards

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · UWA 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. Your next patient is Linh Nguyen, 19, brought in by her partner, Ethan, with her eyes pulling upwards and her neck twisting to one side for the past two hours.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis
    • Next steps in management
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment