Emergency · History + examination

Upper abdominal pain

Medium

15 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are an intern in the emergency department of a regional hospital. Your next patient is Jarrod Keane, 44, presenting with 12 hours of severe upper abdominal pain and vomiting.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Examine the patient

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to summarise your findings
  • Please verbalise your examination; findings and test results will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

After treatment

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