Module objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to gather focused information, identify the most likely and most dangerous diagnoses, choose appropriate investigations, begin safe management and communicate the plan clearly.
Core presentations
ABCDE assessment
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Shock and sepsis
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Anaphylaxis
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Acute coronary syndrome
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Stroke
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Severe asthma
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Pulmonary embolism
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
GI hemorrhage
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Ectopic pregnancy
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Suicidal crisis
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Acutely ill child
Practise a focused assessment, prioritized differential, targeted investigations, immediate management and safety-netting.
Expected station skills
- Call for help early
- Prioritize airway, breathing and circulation
- Use monitoring and IV access appropriately
- Reassess after interventions
- State disposition and consultation clearly
Red flags and escalation
- Airway compromise
- Refractory hypoxia
- Hypotension
- Altered mental status
- Active hemorrhage
- Time-critical diagnosis
Station rehearsal template
- Read the task and identify the required output.
- Open professionally and establish the agenda.
- Gather focused positive and negative findings.
- Summarize and prioritize the differential.
- State investigations and management in a safe sequence.
- Address the patient’s concerns and understanding.
- Close with disposition, follow-up and safety-netting.