[Triage Note: Cold for a few days, today not bearing weight on left leg. Usually healthy. No injury. Cannot elicit tenderness] It’s the beginning of
Reflections from the Emergency Room
[Triage Note: Cold for a few days, today not bearing weight on left leg. Usually healthy. No injury. Cannot elicit tenderness] It’s the beginning of
[Triage Note: 29 yo bicycle accident ten days ago. Has lower back pain, worsening] It’s early fall and baseball fever has taken over the E.R. Someone has
[Triage Note: Abdominal pain, sudden onset at 1:30pm, crampy, right > left, lower quadrant. no vomiting or diarrhea. No chest pain] It’s a Sunday in
[Triage Note: Abdominal pain since midnight. Constant. Last BM 15:30 (normal). No diarrhea. Vomiting+. Pain is on right side. Had breakfast (normal). BP 72/58. Pale.
[Triage Note: Family concerned about lesion on face. Seen by MD at nursing home and prescribed creams – patient rubs it off. The family wants
[Triage Note: 76 yr. old male, abdominal pain. central, radiating to both sides. no nausea or vomiting. dizzy and light headed . feels faint.] It