Emergency · History + examination

Tearing chest pain

Hard

15 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Desmond Faulkner, 63, an accountant with high blood pressure, has come in by ambulance with sudden severe chest pain that started 40 minutes ago.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Examine the patient

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your interpretation of the results
    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Your management plan
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • A nurse is in the room
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Investigations

Examination