Results for “pneumothorax”

A medical student is bag-mask ventilating a 62-year-old woman who is apnoeic after a benzodiazepine overdose. She has a palpable pulse and a correctly sized ora…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old man is brought to a regional emergency department after his motorcycle struck a guard rail. The ambulance officers report that he lost his output…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 31-year-old man is brought in after his utility vehicle struck a tree at speed. He is pale and cold and speaks in short phrases. Heart rate 132/min, blood pre…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 32-year-old woman is brought in after her car left the road and struck a tree at speed. She is alert and cold to touch. Blood pressure 84/52 mmHg, pulse 126/m…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

A 26-year-old man is brought in after coming off a motorcycle at speed. He has an anterior dislocation of the left shoulder and fractures of the left pubic rami…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 68-year-old man has become breathless over three weeks. He is examined sitting upright, and the right side of his chest expands less than the left. Bedside ul…

Anatomy · Foundations · middle twist

A 41-year-old woman is rescued from a vehicle fire with burns encircling the chest and upper abdomen. She is intubated and ventilated, but her peak airway press…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 64-year-old man becomes hypotensive shortly after reperfusion of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He is distressed but has clear breath sounds,…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 25-year-old motorcyclist is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed crash, complaining of left-sided chest pain and severe breathlessness; he c…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common

A 58-year-old man presents with three weeks of progressive breathlessness and a dull right-sided chest ache. He has smoked 30 cigarettes daily for 35 years and…

Respiratory · Clinical rotations · common