Minute (state) | Participant action/trigger | Patient status (simulator response) & operator prompts | Monitor display (vital signs) |
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0:00 (Baseline) | Patient moved into bed in the emergency department. | Participants should begin by placing the patient on a monitor, obtaining history from wife, and initiating a physical exam. | T 101.3 HR 107 BP 140/84 RR 20 O2sat 100% RA |
04:00 | IV placed, labs drawn. Participant should perform a thorough physical exam. Peripheral smear, labs, UA, and CXR should be ordered. | If the team administers an IV fluid bolus, fever and heart rate will improve. If not, tachycardia and respiratory rate worsen. If the team does not order a peripheral smear within 2 minutes of seeing the CBC results, the lab technician will call and ask if this is something they would like to order. |
IV fluid given: T 99.8 HR 94 BP 140/84 RR 20 O2sat 100% RA IVF not given T 102.5 HR 120 BP 140/84 RR 24 O2sat 100% RA |
10:00 | Team should suspect blast crisis after reviewing peripheral smear. Broad spectrum antibiotics should be given. | (A) If team performs an LP, patient will complain of low back pain and state “something is wrong with my legs.” Patient will now have 2/5 strength in bilateral lower extremity. The wife will insist that the participants tell her why his legs are now weak. (B) If the hospitalist/intensivist is contacted prior to talking to hematology, they will ask the team to do so given the patient’s history of CML. |
IV fluid given: T 99.8 HR 94 BP 140/84 RR 20 O2sat 100% RA IVF not given T 101.3 HR 120 BP 140/84 RR 24 O2sat 100% RA |