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Dispositional Dilemma

March 3, 2010 By 3 Comments

You’ve taken a history, the man has chest pain consistent with myocardial ischemia. You lift up his shirt to examine his chest. You see this:

Praise the LArd

From ugliesttattoos.com (click the image to go to the original source)

Now what do you do? Is the first step referral to cardiology or plastics?

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  1. rlbates says:
    March 3, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    Send him to the cardiologist! :)

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  2. Lyall says:
    March 4, 2010 at 7:12 am

    Plastics all the way.

    Reply

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