GENERAL INTERN GUIDE: How To Manage Common Medical Problems

OVERVIEW

As an intern you will be responsible for often times serving as the “first responder” for various medical issues that your patients may experience. You may learn about these medical problems through a page from the nurses, by looking in the chart, or by doing an exam yourself. Regardless of how, the issues listed and organized on the page will be ones that you will likely be required to manage. As a result, this guide is designed to provide some background, but really focus on what you need to do to safely manage patients with the specific medical problem in question.

Often times medical training is somewhat removed from the practical. The content linked on this page is designed to illuminate a framework to answer the question of “what do I actually do?” when a medical problem arises (image source).
FINDINGS FROM A BMP:

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