Ankylosing Spondylitis
Parker University35 year old male presents with complaints of 6 months of pain in low back and buttocks and general fatigue. Pain is over SI/gluteal region, worse in the morning. The patient also exhibits anterior uveitis. Manipulation will not help the patient. Imaging can be performed which shows pathognomonic bamboo spine....
35 year old male presents with complaints of 6 months of pain in low back and buttocks and general fatigue. Pain is over SI/gluteal region,...
Effects of Opioid Abuse on Children and Families
George Mason UniversityJerome Marshall, 19-year-old, refugee from Uganda, lives in a high opioid abuse, imporverished neighborhood. His father is deceased, and his mother remarried a middle-aged Caucasian man who struggles with an opioid addiction. Jerome has a younger half-sister, Namazzi (age 12). Namazzi told Jerome that her stepfather has been sleeping a...
Jerome Marshall, 19-year-old, refugee from Uganda, lives in a high opioid abuse, imporverished neighborhood. His father is deceased, and his mother remarried a middle-aged Caucasian...
Tracheostomy Complications—Occluded Inner Cannula (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed 2 days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient us a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
EMS Prehospital Pediatric Trauma
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)In a car accident, a pediatric patient suffers trauma, head injury, fracture of one of his arms with deformity and bruises in thorax. He is confused with recent amnesia, but responds to orders. Two EMS must secure the area, give him first attention, and take him in their ambulance to...
In a car accident, a pediatric patient suffers trauma, head injury, fracture of one of his arms with deformity and bruises in thorax. He is...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Total Laryngectomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for 24 hours. He had a total laryngectomy performed one day prior for laryngeal carcinoma. He required mechanical ventilatory support immediately postoperatively via a #8 cuffed...
The patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for...
Primary Care UTI/BPH
University of Nebraska Medical CenterIn this scenario, the patient is a 60 year old male with a history of HTN, CAD, and hyperlipidemia. He came to the hospital with symptoms of UTI. Learners must successfully assess the patient, recognize any abnormal findings, and respond with appropriate care. Throughout the scenario, learners must also communicate...
In this scenario, the patient is a 60 year old male with a history of HTN, CAD, and hyperlipidemia. He came to the hospital with...
MED 43 – Keola Akana – Acute Renal Failure | Hyperkalemia
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 43 - Keola Akana - Acute Renal Failure - on the Elsevier Evolve Platform. Keola Akana is a 70-year-old male with a history of heart failure. He was admitted to the med-surg unit for medication adjustment, monitoring, and cardiac rehabilitation. During this...
MED 43 – Keola Akana – Acute Renal Failure | Hyperkalemia
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 43 - Keola Akana - Acute Renal Failure - on the Elsevier Evolve Platform. Keola Akana is...
MED 24 – Lou Thao – Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Fluid Volume Deficit
ElsevierThis Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 24 - Lou Thao - Abdominal Surgery - Postoperative Fluid Volume Deficit Lou Thao is a 43-year-old Vietnamese American male who has just been transferred from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the medical-surgical unit for recovery following laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection....
MED 24 – Lou Thao – Abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Fluid Volume Deficit
This Simulated Patient Encounter maps to Scenario MED 24 - Lou Thao - Abdominal Surgery - Postoperative Fluid Volume Deficit Lou Thao is a 43-year-old...
Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Tracheostomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a percutaneous tracheostomy performed two days ago and he continues to require mechanical ventilatory support. You are called to the bedside by the ICU nurse because...
The patient is a 65 year-old man who has been in the MICU for 14 days with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He had a...
Pediatric Asthma Requiring Airway in a Rural ED
Air MethodsA 5-year-old male with a history of asthma presents to a small community hospital ED with three days of worsening shortness of breath that requires transfer to a pediatric capable facility. Learners must recognize severe asthma and initiate usual asthma treatment, but the child does not respond to these basic...
A 5-year-old male with a history of asthma presents to a small community hospital ED with three days of worsening shortness of breath that requires...
Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation
Southeastern Illinois CollegeThe patient is a fifteen-year-old teenage male that presents to the medical clinic with asthma exacerbation. He is attended by his parent. The patient reports having played a football game earlier this week in cold, damp weather. He has a two-day history of a non-productive cough, shortness of breath, and...
The patient is a fifteen-year-old teenage male that presents to the medical clinic with asthma exacerbation. He is attended by his parent. The patient reports...
Precipitous Labor & Neonatal Resuscitation
SimXThis scenario starts in the emergency department. There is an obviously pregnant mom who is screaming in pain. The OB/GYN cannot arrive at the hospital in time, even if they are paged. Delivery becomes imminent, and the mom gives birth to a baby with a poor tone and low heart...
This scenario starts in the emergency department. There is an obviously pregnant mom who is screaming in pain. The OB/GYN cannot arrive at the hospital...
Tetralogy of Fallot with Hypercyanotic Spell
Children's NationalThe patient is a 2 week-old baby boy with prenatal diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot. An IV was placed when the patient was in the triage area and the saturations since the arrival to the ED have been in the 60s. This scenario begins with a notably cyanotic infant with...
The patient is a 2 week-old baby boy with prenatal diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot. An IV was placed when the patient was in the...
Sepsis
SimXThe learner is working in the emergency department, going to see a 70-year-old male who is here with abdominal pain and fever. The patient was previously told his gallbladder was bad and needs to be removed. Upon initial assessment, the patient is febrile, tachycardic, and hypotensive. If treated aggressively with...
The learner is working in the emergency department, going to see a 70-year-old male who is here with abdominal pain and fever. The patient was...
Chiari Malformation
Parker UniversityA 35-year-old male presents to the chiropractor with a headache and neck pain. The learner must assess the patient and view imaging studies including an MRI and x-ray in the EMR. The examination will include a range of motion, palpation, orthopedic, and neuro evaluation. Following these tests, the learner will...
A 35-year-old male presents to the chiropractor with a headache and neck pain. The learner must assess the patient and view imaging studies including an...
Car Accident—Prehospital
XR Support Center EuropeThis is a prehospital scenario with two patients at the scene of a high speed motor vehicle accident which is secondary to the elderly driver having a cardiac event due to a complication of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. One patient is a middle aged male who is ambulatory...
This is a prehospital scenario with two patients at the scene of a high speed motor vehicle accident which is secondary to the elderly driver...
Triage Mass Casualty
XR Support Center EuropeIn this scenario, learners will treat multiple patients from a mass casualty event: an explosion at a cafe followed by shooters firing into a crowded street. The scene is divided into hot and warm zones. QRT teams from EMS/Fire/Police/Defense will enter the scene to perform triage. As a mass casualty...
In this scenario, learners will treat multiple patients from a mass casualty event: an explosion at a cafe followed by shooters firing into a crowded...
Hypotension Post TAA
University of Pennsylvania School of NursingPatient is s/p TEVAR for type B descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Report from anesthesia states hemostasis achieved to bilateral groins and site looks fine. Two hours later, the patient begins to complain of overall “soreness” and pain in groins for which Morphine IV was given. Reassessment shows BP 98/70, HR...
Patient is s/p TEVAR for type B descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Report from anesthesia states hemostasis achieved to bilateral groins and site looks fine. Two...
Bleeding Control—Office Shooting
Sun City SimulationThis scenario is a mass casualty event following a shooting. There are 5 adult patients collected in an empty room for treatment. The first patient has a gunshot wound in the abdomen and is suffering hemorrhagic shock, the next has arterial hemorrhage from a gunshot wound in the left arm...
This scenario is a mass casualty event following a shooting. There are 5 adult patients collected in an empty room for treatment. The first patient...
Severe Trauma
Sun City SimulationIn this scenario, EMS arrives with a patient involved in a motor vehicle crash. EMS delivers the patient with a 20 gauge IV in the left arm, having placed them in an extrication C-collar, and initiated a simple mask for oxygen delivery. The patient is moved from a resuscitation room...
In this scenario, EMS arrives with a patient involved in a motor vehicle crash. EMS delivers the patient with a 20 gauge IV in the...
EMS Anaphylaxis
SimXIn this scenario, the patient presents with difficulty breathing. Learners will need to ascertain from the patient’s history that they were exposed to peanuts with a known allergy. The learner must give Epi and the patient will improve. However, the patient will require a second dose of epi. If neither...
EMS Anaphylaxis
In this scenario, the patient presents with difficulty breathing. Learners will need to ascertain from the patient’s history that they were exposed to peanuts with...
EMS Motor Vehicle Accident
SimXIn this scenario, learners are faced with a 40-year-old male who presents after MVA. They must begin assessment and treatment in the back of the ambulance while the patient is on a stretcher with a C collar in place. The patient has blood on his clothes and is screaming in...
EMS Motor Vehicle Accident
In this scenario, learners are faced with a 40-year-old male who presents after MVA. They must begin assessment and treatment in the back of the...
EMS MCA Stroke
SimXUpon arrival learners find the patient arguing with his wife and telling the learner they don’t need to go to the hospital. Upon initial assessment, the learner finds that he has focal right sided weakness with right sided facial droop with last known normal 45 minutes ago. The learner should...
EMS MCA Stroke
Upon arrival learners find the patient arguing with his wife and telling the learner they don’t need to go to the hospital. Upon initial assessment,...
Pediatric Dysrhythmia (Resuscitation)
SimXIn this scenario, a 9-year-old Hispanic male without any prior known medical history is brought in by EMS after collapsing during physical education class. The patient was transported to the emergency department by the emergency medical providers. During the assessment, the patient goes into ventricular tachycardia and the learner must...
In this scenario, a 9-year-old Hispanic male without any prior known medical history is brought in by EMS after collapsing during physical education class. The...