SAQ 1615 – Missed dialysis with ECG and culturally competent care

Marked out of 24.00

A 60-year-old Indigenous man presents with lethargy. He has end-stage renal failure from type 2 diabetes and has missed his last three haemodialysis sessions.

He attended the ED twice last week and left against medical advice on both occasions.

His ECG is shown below.

ECG for patient with missed dialysis and lethargy
ECG.

List four indications for emergent haemodialysis in this patient.

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List four strategies recommended by the ACEM Statement on Culturally Competent Care.

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State the main pathology on the ECG and give three ECG features that support it.

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List four medications to manage the ECG pathology before haemodialysis. For each, give the mechanism of action and expected time to onset.

(Marked out of 12.0)


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Total Score: 0 / 24

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