EM Cases · Laboratory interpretation
Critical labs — resus station
ACEM Fellowship resus OSCE on prioritising critical values, spurious checks and action over recheck alone.
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Target exams
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Prompt
Multiple critical results fire at once in a septic elderly patient.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes.
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