Surgery & perioperative · Examination

Swollen finger after a cat bite

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for UWA Year 2 students

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Thao Tran, 58, a retired teacher, presenting with a painful, swollen right index finger two days after her cat bit it.

  1. Examine the patient

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your findings
    • Your most likely diagnosis
  • You do not need to take a history or discuss management
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
  • The examiner will ask you one question at the end.
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment

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