Exertional Nausea and Dyspnea x 2 weeks
Activity
Clinical Skills Sessions
You are on a family medicine clerkship rotation at a clinic in Stoney Creek. The clinic has access to interdisciplinary supports (e.g. social work, dietitian, physiotherapy, nursing), bedside 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Oxygen by Nasal Prongs, an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), X-Ray and bloodwork next door. Your nearest tertiary care hospital is <30 minutes away. Your first patient is Casey Brady, a 60 year-old from home alone in a townhouse in Stoney Creek. Casey’s reason for visit is listed as “new onset exertional nausea and dyspnea x 2 weeks”.

Curriculum Block

Transition to Clerkship / Week 1
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Objectives

Activity Objectives

Tags

Curriculum Block
Transition to Clerkship Week 1
Curriculum Week
Transition to Clerkship Week 1
Discipline
Cardiology Family medicine
MCC Presentations
Chest Pain Dyspnea Vomiting and/or Nausea
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills
MeSH
Heart Function Tests [E01.370.370.380] Chest Pain [C23.888.646.215] Clinical Competence [I02.399.630.210] Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular [E01.370.370] Dyspnea [C08.618.326] Dyspnea [C23.888.852.371] Electrocardiography [E01.370.370.380.240] Electrocardiography [E01.370.405.240] Medical History Taking [E01.370.510] Myocardial Infarction [C14.280.647.500] Nausea [C23.888.821.712] Patient Handoff [E02.760.400.615]

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