2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min
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.
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Examine the patient
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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.
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
After treatment
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