The hospitalist was paged and discussed the case with the EM physician. She came to the ED and took her own history and physical exam.
The hospitalist’s plan is shown here. She planned to trend his cardiac enzymes, and also consulted the on-call cardiologist. The patient was kept NPO, IV fluids continued, and stool cultures as well as C. diff testing were ordered.
She also had a code discussion with the patient, and he wished to be full code.
What do you think the bad outcome will be?
Continue to the next page to see the unfortunate conclusion to his care.