Believe it or not, someone presents to your ER with chest pain! . By Dr. Andrew Grock and Dr. Sally Bogoch References Rivers uptodate.com
Category: Board Review
Cardiology is too Interesting to be Bored Review 3/31/15
A 33 year old man presents with chest pain and mild shortness of breath, progressively worsening over the last two days – sharp, sternal, worse on inspiration/lying flat, no radiation, better with sitting up. ROS + for URI 8 days…
Learning to never be Bored Review 3/24/15
An EMS note arrives – an obese 60 year old F with a history of the sugar, the pressure, and a “stomach problem…called digestive heart failure”. VS: HR 120s, RR 40s, O2sat 88% on NRB, BP SEE BELOW. PE diaphorectic,…
Bored because you aced the inservice review
All is quiet in your imaginary ED when a commotion rings in from the hallway. In comes in a very gravid patient making lots of groans, moans, and curses. She reports she has no medical problems, is full term, and…
3/10/2015: Bored of Cardiologists, not Cardiology
A 69-year-old female with diabetes, HTN, high cholesterol, previous angina with stents placed 8 months ago presents for central, non-radiating chest pain with belching and shortness of breath. The pain began while watching the finale of the Bachelor this week.…
Bored review: 3/3/2015 Looking Beyond the Injury
A 27-year-old female presents following a “fall” at home. The patient denies having LOC, has had no vomiting since the incident. She denies blurred or decreased vision in the effected eye, no neck pain, no weakness, no numbness or tingling.…
THE INSERVICE IS TOMORROW Bored Review!
You see an 18 year old basketball phenom who stands a mere 6’11” tall. He complains of sudden onset chest pain lasting minutes after a deep inhalation that may or may have been related to marijuana use. On his chest…
Too Nervous About the Inservice To Be Bored Review
After managing the ABC’s for a STEMI patient, you find out the cath lab is being used and cards cannot take the patient yet. You go back to reassess and the monitor shows a wide complex tachycardia at a rate…