A-E Assessment: abdominal Pain 1
Primary ABCDE assessment of a 57-year-old gentleman with severe acute abdominal pain.
Candidate Instructions 🧒
You are the FY1 working in A&E.
A 57-year-old gentleman has been brought in by ambulance to resus due to extreme abdominal pain, nausea and falling blood pressure.
Please perform a full assessment of the patient. A nurse will be present in the room for assistance with investigation results.
Upon completion of your assessment please handover to your registrar using an appropriate format.
Patient details:
Name: Mr Joe Nott
DOB: DD/MM/YYYY
Age: 57
Basic info: known ethanol abuse, type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, cholecystectomy
Station time: 10 minutes (8 minutes assessment + 2 minutes handover)
Station Material (ONLY OPEN WHEN PROMPTED)
Media 1
Media 2
Actor Instructions 🤒
Convert your points into a realistic exam mark
Accurate scores
Our smart mark schemes are threshold-based, reflecting how medical schools truly mark OSCE stations.
First-decile strategy
Easily log your scores and differentiate between low- and high-performing stations to target your weaknesses.
Diagnostic expert
Listen to murmurs, interpret CXRs and read ECGs. Integrated media to help you become a diagnostic expert.