2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min
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 Kuir Athian, 22, presenting with severe pain in his back, arms, legs and ribs.
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Take a focused history
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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
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
After treatment
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