SUSIE
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S1001 |
User Guide
50 | Appendix
6.2 Scenarios
SCENARIO
Description
1.
Bradycardia
An in-hospital patient is diagnosed with Bradycardia and requires immediate
attention . Note: for this
scenario to function as intended the instructor should enable automatic pac-
ing capture in the ‘Setup -
> Auto-Responses’ menu.
2.
Chronic Liver Failure
Patient reports to doctor complaints of increasing weakness, poor appetite,
and increasing
abdominal distention that is making it harder to breathe. She has been pro-
ducing dark-colored urine
and notices a yellow discoloration of her eyes. Mrs. Gonzalez is a known alco-
holic who has been
hospitalized twice in the past few months for vomiting blood. She says that
she has been unable to
cut down on her drinking. She has a PMH of alcoholism for the past 20 years
and associated
complications including gastritis, alcoholic hepatitis, and aspiration pneumo-
nia. Mrs. Gonzalez takes
no medications and has no known allergies.
3.
COPD
(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A 74 year old female patient was
admitted to the hospital
yesterday for increased dyspnea and elevated mucus production. She looks
thin and poorly
nourished.
4.
Closed Head Injury
- Perform a focused neurological assessment of a patient with closed head
injury .
- Perform serial neurological checks as ordered and record on the appropri-
ate form.
- Perform a complete pain assessment and reassessment.
- Recognize agitation in a closed head injured patient and provide appropri-
ate relief .
- Report abnormal neurological findings to the physician.
- Take verbal physician’s orders and provide appropriate read-back of the
orders.
