A 22-month-old boy presents to the ED with his parents following 4 days of vomiting and diarrhea. The parents report that the child has not been playful and has had decreased wet diapers. The mother reports that the child is…
Category: Board Review
NOT Bored Review 8/19/14
60 yo M, unrestrained driver in MVA, no airbags, no LOC, no head trauma, complaining of chest pain – midline, reproducible to palpation, worse on moving. VS 120, 96/47, 22, 100% Trauma labs are sent, portable CXR and Pelvis Xray…
Never Bored Review 8/12/14 – Trauma
A young man was standing on the corner, minding his own business, on his way to church, when he… EMS reports + LOC with 2 episodes of vomiting after, and amnesia of the entire event. He is still perseverating and…
Bored Review 8/5/14: Succ sucks! (only sometimes).
A brand-new CCT senior is notified by EMS triage, the attending, the bat phone, his junior, the nurse, the PCA and the stocking people that he should probably intubate his patient- the 38-year-old patient with sickle cell disease with ESRD…
Bored Review: Oy vay! My ankle! 7/29/14
A six-foot-two blond transvestite in size 12, 4-inch Jimmy Choo’s is walking in the mermaid parade when all of a sudden she inverts her ankle and falls to the ground. Graciously she is helped back to her feet by surrounding…
Bored review: the deadliest white powder.
A sweaty summertime letter carrier proceeds through his route delivering mail. On his way back to the post office he notices a white powder on his shorts. Confused as to whether this is the generous sprinkling of Gold Bond he…
Bored review….Gas!
A stringy-haired pimply teenager in a long trench-coat was found in his room listening to death metal, in a puddle of vomit, having had urinary and fecal incontinence. En route to your hospital he begins to seize. The paramedics who…
Bored review: Blast! 7/8/14
A 23-year-old female, completely entranced by 4th of July fireworks ducks the barrier and gets a little too close to the excitement. While ashing her cigarette next to a giant box labelled “explosives,” she hears a loud noise and is…