A lot of people seemed to like my last real-life case study and I had another interesting one last night... so thought I'd post it.
Here goes...
40-year-old woman was at work when she experienced sudden and acute onset of numbness, tingling, and weakness in her R arm and the R side of her face.
She was rushed through triage to an open room but none of the pod nurses heard the call... I got involved when a call went out that "Dr. Bill needs nursing assistance in room 8." I walked in to see one nurse starting a line on her right arm, someone getting her onto the monitor, someone else getting the EKG set up...
What do you suppose was my first action? What transpired in the first few minutes? What other pieces of information do we need STAT as we talk this through?
Come play the game with me, even if you don't know the answers.
