It’s 10pm on a Monday. Jimmy feels like he might be getting the flu or cold that’s going around the office. He decides to call in sick to work tomorrow but wants to get checked out by a medical professional. He can’t stand having a fever.

It’s 6pm on a Friday. Gillian’s son Jacob seems to be getting an inner ear infection. He can’t sleep and has a fever. She knows her pediatrician’s office won’t be open until Monday to schedule appointments

Alicia’s grandfather Isaac has early stage dementia. He sometimes forgets to eat and take care of other basic ADLs. One weekday afternoon, when checking on Isaac, she finds out he hasn’t defecated for over a week and appears “off colored.”

Oscar is a veteran boxer. He’s been at it so long he has a history of several small aneurisms in his brain. He gets knocked out early in his most recent fight and now having a hard time balancing and vomited once in the locker room.

Emily cooks at a fancy restaurant downtown. She was preparing a deep fried asparagus garnish for Tuesday’s dinner service when the suis chef ran into the pot handle causing hot oil to spill over her unprotected forearms.

Greg is an uninsured doorman at a hotel downtown. He suffers from diabetes and is experiencing leg pain, edema, and loss of color and sensation in his right toes. He doesn’t want to spend a lot of money, he can’t even afford his insulin, but knows his toes can’t wait.

Stacy is a JV softball player. When sliding into second at practice Tuesday afternoon her toe cleat caught the ground at a bad angle and she knew immediately something was wrong. She couldn’t put weight on her right foot. It might be sprained, but it might be broken

Richard was out cycling when he felt a tightness in his chest and a pain in his left arm. He took an aspirin and contemplated seeing a doctor.

Allen has had a chronic gallstone problem that causes his urination to be increasingly infrequent and painful to produce. He was advised to stay on medication and wait for the stones to pass on their own. But it is now 3 days after his doctor’s visit on Wed and now he is in more pain and can’t urinate at all. He also feels nauseated and weak.

Heather’s newborn has a cough that’s getting worse and worse. The nasal passages are severely encrusted with mucous, the cough sounds wet. The baby coughs so much it can’t cry or feed. It has a high fever. It’s Monday morning and the condition has been escalating since Saturday.

Helen has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. She has exercised her right to refuse further care and wishes to live out the remainder of her days with family. But she will need assistance with medication/paint management & the respiratory machines that are currently keeping her breathing while she is home.

A patient who is going in for cataract surgery (laser eye sx) would likely use: