Instructions
You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Nunzio Morabito, 52, a self-employed bricklayer with three weeks of neck pain shooting down his right arm into his thumb, with pins and needles in the thumb.
Examine the patient
Outline to the examiner:
- Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
- Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
- You do not need to take a further history
- You do not need to summarise your findings
- Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request