SYMPTOM PRESENTATION SCROTAL PAIN
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● Triage purpose
Answer: Prioritize patients based on severity, not order of arrival
●● ESI level 1
Answer: Requires immediate life saving intervention
●● ESI level 2
Answer: High risk patient, altered mental status, severe pain
●● ESI level 3
Answer: Stable patient, multiple resources needed
●● EMTALA requirement
Answer: Must evaluate and stabilize all patients, regardless of ability to
pay
●● Leaving AMA requirement
, Answer: Patient must have decision making capacity, understand risks
●● Most important first step in unstable patient
Answer: Airway, breathing, circulation
●● Team role of PA in ED
Answer: Manage lower acuity, assist with critical care depending on
experience
●● Somatic pain characteristics
Answer: Well localized, sharp, worsens with movement
●● Visceral pain characteristics
Answer: Poorly localized, dull, diffuse, colicky
●● Referred pain definition
Answer: Pain felt distant from source due to shared nerve pathways
●● Referred pain example gallbladder
Answer: Right shoulder pain
●● Referred pain example pancreas
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● Triage purpose
Answer: Prioritize patients based on severity, not order of arrival
●● ESI level 1
Answer: Requires immediate life saving intervention
●● ESI level 2
Answer: High risk patient, altered mental status, severe pain
●● ESI level 3
Answer: Stable patient, multiple resources needed
●● EMTALA requirement
Answer: Must evaluate and stabilize all patients, regardless of ability to
pay
●● Leaving AMA requirement
, Answer: Patient must have decision making capacity, understand risks
●● Most important first step in unstable patient
Answer: Airway, breathing, circulation
●● Team role of PA in ED
Answer: Manage lower acuity, assist with critical care depending on
experience
●● Somatic pain characteristics
Answer: Well localized, sharp, worsens with movement
●● Visceral pain characteristics
Answer: Poorly localized, dull, diffuse, colicky
●● Referred pain definition
Answer: Pain felt distant from source due to shared nerve pathways
●● Referred pain example gallbladder
Answer: Right shoulder pain
●● Referred pain example pancreas
