Painful erection

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Neville Pendlebury, 61, presenting with a painful erection that has lasted six hours.

1. 1

   Take a focused history

2. 2

   Examine the patient

3. 3

   Outline to the examiner:

   • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
   • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations

• You do NOT need to summarise your findings to the examiner.
• Please verbalise your examination; findings and test results will be provided on request