An 89-year-old woman is brought to your tertiary ED with sudden severe chest pain and collapse with transient loss of consciousness. Her BP is 90/- mmHg, HR 50 bpm and GCS 12. A bedside subcostal ultrasound image is shown below.
Bedside subcostal ultrasound.
List four (4) potentially life-threatening diagnoses.
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What are the three (3) most useful diagnostic tests in this setting?
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What is the major abnormality on the ultrasound image and what is the likely clinical diagnosis?
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What two (2) treatment approaches are available?
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The family arrives with an Advance Care Directive stating the patient did not want life-saving surgery. Prescribe the PRN medications you would chart for the ward.
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