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A. Pneumonia

B. Myocardial Infarction (heart attack)

C. Heart Burn (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease=GERD)

D. Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

E. Esophageal Spasm

A. Pregnant

B. Cushing's disease

C. Lupus

D. Hypothyroid

E. Deconditioning

A. leave and hope someone else knows what to do

B. Start screaming, that always seems to work

C. Start chest compressions

D. Get a defibrillator and shock the patient

A. Acute MI

B. Cardiac arrythmia

C. Severe Concussion

D. He was faking it

E. Traumatic Aortic Rupture

A. Pneumonia

B. Asthma

C. Lung Cancer

D. Tuberculosis

E. He’s faking it because he wanted to see you

A. Wait for emergency services

B. Throw the patient in your car as maybe you can get to the hospital faster

C. Put a torniquet on the patient's leg

D. Give CPR

E. Stick a needle in the patient's chest

A. The patient is simply more comfortable, decreasing her blood pressure

B. The patient has a second pneumothorax

C. The patient is hypovolemic

D. The patient has an acute MI

E. You did not pay attention on how to listen for Korsakoff sounds and you are measuring incorrectly

A. Acute delirium

B. Fat Emboli Syndrome

C. PE

D. Medication adverse effect

E. This is her baseline normal

A. Loss of sensation in the upper extremities

B. Decerebrate posturing

C. Inability to recognize familiar objects

D. Expressive aphasia

A. Abdominal CT scan

B. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage

C. Emergent laparotomy

D. Serial abdominal exams and observation

E. IV fluids and repeat FAST exam in 1 hour