Mr. Santiago is a 32-year-old man who was working in the kitchen when a bungy cord snapped as he was trying to secure some boxes with it and he felt it strike his left eye. The kitchen supervisor sent him to the medical clinic for evaluation because he complained that there was something still in his eye. Prior to leaving the kitchen, they…
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Mr. Dukes: Axilla “Bump”
A 23-year-old male with no significant medical history submitted a Health Services Request form for a “bump in his armpit that hurts and is not going away” last evening. He wrote that his cellmate says it is a keloid that looks infected. The request was triaged and Mr. Dukes was scheduled for Nursing Sick Call the next morning subjective Mr. Dukes…
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Ms. Decker: Worsening Abdominal Pain
subjective Ms. Decker is a 22-year-old woman who was incarcerated in the county jail last week. Yesterday she submitted a Health Service Request form complaining of abdominal pain for the past week and a half. She is called to Nurse Sick Call this morning and describes the pain as sharp in nature, located in the suprapubic region, rated 8/10, and constant; but…
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Mr. Grant: Facial Numbness
subjective A 38-year-old previously well man presents complaining of new onset left-sided facial droop and numbness upon waking this morning. The patient reports drooling, particularly while drinking or eating, and states his coffee tasted “weird” the last couple of days. He denies any recent illnesses, pain, head trauma, fever, headache, extremity weakness, confusion, anxiousness, abnormal speech, and vision changes, and…
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Ms. Rand: Skin Rash and Fatigue
subjective Ms. Rand, a 35 year old female, is seen in Nurse Sick Call for a Health Service Request Form complaining of a skin rash with lesions that occurred after she went on outside rec in the direct sun. She included that this has happened before when she spent time in the sun, but not recently, and definitely not this…
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