Medical Decision Making

A patient comes with high fever. What do you do?

• Give medicine directly

• Ask for tests

• Ignore it

• Give home remedy

A patient complains of chest pain. Next step?

• Take detailed history

• Prescribe painkillers

• Ignore complaint

• Advise rest only

A child refuses vaccination. What do you do?

• Force the child

• Explain benefits to parents

• Ignore

• Suggest alternative medicine

A patient reports side effects from medicine. Response?

• Stop medication immediately

• Consult specialist

• Ignore

• Change dosage randomly

You find unusual symptoms in a patient. Action?

• Record and monitor

• Assume it’s nothing

• Panic

• Prescribe multiple drugs