Total body pain

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Kuir Athian, 22, presenting with severe pain in his back, arms, legs and ribs.

1. 1

   Take a focused history

2. 2

   Outline to the examiner:

   • Your findings
   • Your interpretation of the results
   • Your most likely diagnosis
   • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations

• You do not need to examine the patient; the examiner will give you any findings you ask for
• Ask the examiner for any results you want
• You do not need to write a drug or fluid chart