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A 31-year-old woman came to a stand-alone emergency center reporting excruciating shoulder and neck pain.
An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
A 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department after sustaining a leg injury while playing soccer. X-rays revealed a right bimalleolar ankle fracture dislocation.
A 33-year-old woman came to the ED reporting bilateral abdominal pain, back pain, and shortness of breath.
Case study and current research on the prevalence of diagnostic errors, common causes, and ways to prevent these types of errors.
A 40-year-old man came to an internal medicine physician and reported feeling weak and tired.
The patient claimed that the physician told him that the rectal bleeding was due to his diverticulosis and was not life threatening.
A 72-year-old woman with a history of diabetes came to the ED due to pain in her left eye.
An eight-year-old girl was brought to the ED with a groin injury from a bicycle accident.
A 17-month-old girl was brought her pediatrician to complete vaccinations, a visit documented as “vaccines only.”
The first documented assessment of the patient in the ED revealed a temperature of 97.9 degrees; pulse 53; respirations 20; blood pressure 147/77 mm Hg; oxygen saturation 97%.
