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Sick or NOT Sick (Surviving Discharge Quiz)
Q.1
The assessment of Altered Mental Status does not include family or caregiver perceptions.
False
True
Q.2
Vital sign abnormalities that resolve are less concerning than persistent abnormalities
True
False
Q.3
Falls in the elderly
Are concerning particularly if they were within a week of presentation.
Are sometimes difficult to distinguish between a mechanical cause and underlying new disease process
Sometimes are more appropriately treated as syncope, particularly if unwitnessed
All of the above
Q.4
Patients who came in ill appearing
Can always go home if they look better
Are generally safe to go home if there only findings were respiratory
Often look better with supportive care in the ED, but may not be physiologically stable for discharge
Q.5
A patient who was ill appearing on arrival didn't need to be admitted if they "look great" when the admitting team sees them.
True
False
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