GI Bleed

Your patient is a 65 year old male brought by EMS for new onset weakness and lightheadedness.

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management
2. Conduct an H&P on an undifferentiated patient presenting with acute onset of weakness and syncope
3. Recognize and treat unstable vital signs progressing to PEA
4. Resuscitate patient with acute GI bleed
5. Obtain informed consent for tests and/or procedures
6. Obtain informed consent for NG placement
7. Give or receive a patient handoff to transition care responsibility
8. Effectively sign out the patient to the ICU team