Results for “anaphylaxis”

A 28-year-old man is stung by a bee in a hospital car park. In the emergency department he has generalised urticaria, audible wheeze and a blood pressure of 84/…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 19-year-old man is thrown from his motorcycle at highway speed. On arrival he is alert and complains only of neck pain. His blood pressure is 78/44 mmHg and h…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 13-year-old boy weighing 52 kg develops widespread urticaria, a hoarse voice and wheeze about ten minutes after eating a satay skewer at a school camp. He is…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 63-year-old man wakes at 5 am with swelling of his lower lip and the left side of his tongue. There is no rash and nothing itches. His voice is normal, his ch…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 34-year-old woman arrives 20 minutes after eating a satay skewer at a food van. She has widespread weals, a hoarse voice and expiratory wheeze. Blood pressure…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman having a computed tomography scan develops flushing, wheeze and hypotension eight minutes after the intravenous contrast injection. She take…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 22-year-old man is brought in 20 minutes after eating a satay skewer at a food van. On arrival he had widespread welts, audible wheeze and a blood pressure of…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 62-year-old man wakes at 5 am with swelling of his lips and tongue that has worsened over three hours. He ate prawns and drank a glass of wine at a restaurant…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man is receiving his first dose of intravenous vancomycin for a surgical site infection, charted to run over 60 minutes. Twenty minutes into the i…

Nursing · Clinical rotations · common

A 26-year-old backpacker is snorkelling off Port Douglas in far north Queensland in December when she feels a mild sting on her forearm, leaving only faint redn…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 32-year-old woman develops widespread urticaria, lip swelling and wheeze within 15 minutes of eating a satay dish at a restaurant. On arrival of paramedics he…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common