House Case #1

We just had our first house case the other day. It was quite an interesting process. We were told that an eighteen year old senior began to vomit after cross country practice and began having a severe headache. He is now in the emergency room confused as to why he is there. At home, each of us came up with three different diagnoses and ways to test these diagnoses. I diagnosed him with dehydration, heat stroke, or meningitis. In class, we found out more information about the kid and his background by asking "him" questions. We also "gave" him different "tests," and were able to come to six possible diagnoses as a class: dehydration, hypernatremia, heat exhaustion/stroke, gastroenteritis, sleep deprivation, or migraine.