Emergency Medicine

“Something Abnormal” on a Chest X-ray

You are doing preoperative orders on a patient scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning. The patient is a 75-year-old woman who was admitted with an...

A 75-year-old man presents to the urgent care center for evaluation of pain in his buttocks after a fall. He states he was walking when his “legs...

A 57-year-old man is brought to your facility as a trauma code. He was riding a motorcycle on the highway, traveling approximately 45 to 50 mph,...

A 23-year-old man is brought in after being hit by a car. He was in the process of getting into his car when another vehicle coming from the...

A 30-year-old man is transferred to your facility for evaluation of reported paraplegia after a fall. The patient is an inmate at a local prison....

A 76-year-old man with a history of Parkinson disease and hypertension presents with severe extremity weakness, muscle aches, tremulousness,...