Chief Medical Officer & System Medical Director Metropolitan Area EMS Authority/MedStar Mobile Healthcare Fort Worth, Texas
Disclosure(s):
Jeff Jarvis, MD, MS, EMT-P: No financial relationships to disclose
Common things being common, when you hear hoof beats, don't waste time looking for a zebra. Or so the saying goes. In EMS, we aren't worried about the common complaints, we're worried about the complaints that can kill. We should really worry about the benign sounding complaints (really? Another back pain?) that are actually dangers. Dr. Jarvis will present a 'red flag' approach to several frequently encountered presentations that help us isolate the lethal zebras from the rest of the heard.
Learning Objectives:
describe what a “red flag” approach to history taking is and how to use it in patient care.
describe at least two ‘red flags’ for low back pain
