2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min
2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min
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.
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Take a focused history
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Examine the patient
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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
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
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