Scenario
An 8 year old boy is brought by his parents to your emergency department 20 minutes after a motor vehicle accident in which he was a restrained rear seat passenger.
Question
Describe and interpret his photograph. (100%)
Answer
FACEM VAQ Exam 2008.2 – Question 5
- Clinical photograph showing a young boy with a wide area of bruising/abrasion to his entire anterior neck.
- The overall pass rate for this question was 31/81 (38.3%).
- The two markers felt that this was a very straight forward question which was largely very poorly answered.
- Successful answers described the photograph and interpreted a likely cause/mechanism and suggest possible associated underlying injuries.
- Failed answers described the photo without providing further interpretation as above.
- The examiners questioned whether an explicit part b) such as “list possible associated injuries” would have improved the pass rate.
ACEM Fellowship Visual Aid Questions
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