Karnataka II PUC Health Care - Vocational (KSEAB) case studies
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The Karnataka II PUC Health Care - Vocational is a two-year pre-university vocational stream examination conducted by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB). It is designed for students who want a structured introduction to health care work at the pre-degree level, combining classroom theory in health care subjects with practical laboratory and clinical skill training and internal assessment. The Karnataka II PUC Health Care - Vocational (KSEAB) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,704 words.
1Snakebite on a Night Shift in a Sugarcane Field
At 8:40 pm in a sugarcane field near Mandya, a 42-year-old male labourer is bitten on the right ankle by a snake he did not see. Two puncture marks are visible with swelling and pain but little bleeding.
788 words, about 4 min2A 74-Year-Old with Knee Pain, a Raised Creatinine and Four Prescriptions
Mrs R, 74, has had hypertension for 18 years and type 2 diabetes for 15. Her regular prescriptions are enalapril 10 mg twice daily, metformin 500 mg twice daily, furosemide 40 mg each morning and aspirin 75 mg once daily.
719 words, about 4 min3Needle-Stick Injury During a Busy Immunization Session
At a measles-rubella immunization session at a PHC in Kolar, a 23-year-old nursing intern gives an intramuscular injection to a 9-month-old infant. While recapping the needle she sustains a deep prick to the left index finger; it bleeds.
759 words, about 4 min4A Three-Day-Old Whose Weight Has Fallen
A 19-year-old first-time mother brings her 3-day-old baby to the PHC. The baby was born at home, birth weight 2.8 kg; today's weight is 2.45 kg.
727 words, about 4 min5An 18-Year-Old with Fatigue, Ice Cravings and a Haemoglobin of 8.4
An 18-year-old II PUC student comes to the PHC with fatigue, breathlessness on climbing two floors and a craving to chew ice. She is a lifelong vegetarian; her family eats rice, sambar and rasam daily but fruit is expensive.
711 words, about 4 min