Pt with a history of came in with no past medical history. Pt was coming back from his international business travel, when he started getting weird symptoms. Pt complains of shortness of breath, night sweats, fever, and a productive cough. What would you do?
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Severe communicable diseases pose a potential threat to the healthcare system. The world is increasingly connected, and new infections can easily be introduced by international travel. It is very important to rapidly identify, isolate and manage patients with highly communicable diseases.
Because of this, when a patient first arrives and is traiged, one of the first questions they will ask is did you travel outside of the country in the past month. If the patient answers yes, then you go on to ask them if they have any fever, rash, or respiratory symptoms. This patient traveled internationally within the past month, has fever, shortness of breath, and a productive cough. So, the first thing you would do for patients who…