2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min
2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min
Instructions
You are an intern on the orthopaedic ward. The nurse asks you to see Francesca Bianchi, 86, on day six after an operation for a broken left hip, who says her left heel is burning and sore; her daughter, Lucia, is at the bedside.
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Take a focused history
2
Perform a focused examination
3
Discuss your management plan with the patient and her daughter
Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
After treatment
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