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A 77 yo old lady with a history of ischaemic heart disease is admitted to the ER with symptoms of increasing breathlessness and cough.

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Significant Figures - Significant Zero; Addition ; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division

A 55 year old man is transferred to emergency following a collapse at a sporting event. Describe and interpret this Chest X-ray. Top 150 CXR

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Scientific Notation: Fixing Incorrect Scientific Notation; Accuracy and Precision; Error and Percent Error

An 86 year old lady is admitted breathless, hypoxaemic and hypotensive with a systolic of 95mmHg. CCF, APO, cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

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Conversion factors; Converting metric units of volume; Converting area and volume; managing multiple conversion factors

An 83 year old man is admitted with a fall and confusion. He is hypoxaemic on air, requiring 2L of oxygen via nasal prongs.

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