PASL case studies
PASL · Put your knowledge to work in context.
PASL is a professional credential exam. Because exam blueprints change and this page was prepared without a verified copy of the official content outline, treat the domain breakdown shown here as a provisional structure only and confirm the current one with the awarding organization before you build a study plan. The PASL case studies are 5 cases and about 3,225 words.
1Four Patients, One Ambulance: Triage Under a Transport Constraint
You are the only clinician on duty in a four-room urgent care annex attached to a rural clinic. Between 14:00 and 14:20 four patients arrive.
745 words, about 4 min2Standing Orders, a Febrile Resident, and Monday Sign-Off
You are a newly credentialed practitioner covering a 96-bed skilled nursing facility on a Saturday evening. Your collaborative agreement lets you order a urinalysis and start a first-line antibiotic under a standing order for uncomplicated cystitis in an afebrile, hemodynamically stable adult.
511 words, about 3 min3The Patient Who Says No, and the Daughter Who Says Do It
An 82-year-old woman with mild vascular dementia lives alone, with a daughter 10 minutes away. She manages her own medications and finances with occasional errors.
680 words, about 3 min4A Look-Alike Error, a Stable Patient, and a Request to Chart It Clean
At 19:40 you notice that a 68-year-old inpatient with atrial fibrillation was given hydrOXYzine 25 mg at 18:00 instead of the ordered hydrALAZINE 10 mg; the names sit adjacent on the medication administration record. His BP is now 138/80, HR 88 and irregular, he is drowsy but easily aroused, with no rash and no angioedema.
637 words, about 3 min5A 'Stable' Transfer That Does Not Sound Stable
You are the overnight covering clinician for a 40-bed community hospital with no on-site intensivist and no rapid response team between 23:00 and 07:00. At 02:10 a referring facility calls to transfer a 58-year-old with a two-day history of vomiting and diarrhea, now confused.
652 words, about 3 min