A 48-year-old female presents to the ED with generalized fatigue. Patient has a past medical history of HTN, HLD, Crohn’s Disease. She admits to some nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. Vital signs: T 98.3F, HR 73, BP 70/50, RR 18, Pulse Ox 100% on room air. Blood glucose is 35. Exam is unremarkable.
A 48-year-old female presents to the ED with generalized fatigue. Patient has a past medical history of HTN, HLD, Crohn’s Disease.
62 year old female PMHx HTN and DM presents to the ED with two weeks of worsening left leg swelling. Pain is 8/10 and described as “achy”. Worse with ambulation. Tried tylenol with no relief. Vital signs are within normal limits.
You are working in a community Emergency Department overnight when you get a call from EMS that they are bringing in a family that was involved in an MVC.
Can patients presenting with syncope safely be discharged from the Emergency Department?
80-year-old male PMHx Osteoarthritis, HTN, DM, COPD presenting to the ED after a mechanical fall.
You’re working in the ICU overnight and are having difficulty obtaining a blood pressure for a patient that was just transferred to your facility for septic shock secondary to pneumonia. You make the decision to place an arterial line. You place the line sterilely using seldinger technique and connect it to the monitor. Your hard work paid off and you are rewarded with a waveform.
You’re working in the ICU overnight and a patient is admitted from the ED for sepsis. Patient has a past medical history of DM, HTN, COPD.
