REBEL EM - June 01, 2022 - By Ellsworth Wright
Take Home Points
- Emergency medicine revolves around the differential diagnosis
- History and physical exam should significantly narrow your differential diagnosis
- Have an idea of what specific diagnoses are being ruled out when ordering diagnostic tests
- Always consider the most life-threatening and most common disease processes first – we are a rule out specialty
- “Red flags” are key historical or physical exam findings that put one at a higher risk for certain conditions
- You have a finite number of shifts as a learner. Challenge yourself to learn something new every day!