Sepsis

A 68-year-old woman weighing 65 kg is in the emergency department with urinary sepsis. Intravenous antibiotics were given within 30 minutes of arrival and she h…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman is brought in from a residential aged care facility with fever and new confusion. Her temperature is 38.9 degrees Celsius, blood pressure 82…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman is admitted with fever and dysuria. Blood cultures were taken and she received gentamicin and amoxicillin within 40 minutes of arrival. She…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old man presents with two days of rigors and right flank pain and is confused on arrival. Temperature 38.8 °C, respiratory rate 26/min, heart rate 118…

Pre-internship · middle twist

An 81-year-old woman was brought from a residential aged care facility two hours ago with fever and dysuria; her observations were normal at triage and she was…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 19-year-old man is brought to a rural general practice, 45 minutes from the nearest hospital, with six hours of fever, vomiting and severe pain in his legs. H…

Pre-internship · common