Round 16 (MW) Leg Pain EM Clerkship
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- Medicine
You are working at Clerkship General when you overhear the base command radio. “Clerkship General. We have a 57 year-old female coming in for leg pain. She just had surgery at your hospital. Her blood pressure is 85/50. We’ll be there in 5 minutes.”
Initial Vitals:
HR: 122
BP: 75/40
Temp: 100.1
RR: 24
O2: 74%
Critical Actions:
* Obtain full set of vital signs
* Treat the patient’s pain
* Diagnose PE without imaging
* Stabilize patient prior to imaging
* Transfer the patient for thrombectomy
You are working at Clerkship General when you overhear the base command radio. “Clerkship General. We have a 57 year-old female coming in for leg pain. She just had surgery at your hospital. Her blood pressure is 85/50. We’ll be there in 5 minutes.”
Initial Vitals:
HR: 122
BP: 75/40
Temp: 100.1
RR: 24
O2: 74%
Critical Actions:
* Obtain full set of vital signs
* Treat the patient’s pain
* Diagnose PE without imaging
* Stabilize patient prior to imaging
* Transfer the patient for thrombectomy