You are receiving a 26-year-old male patient with altered mental status on an incoming airplane from Florida. When you receive the patient, his friends tell you that he began having a headache and joint pain midflight, and his condition progressively worsened. The patient looks extremely uncomfortable, is constantly wincing, and responds only to painful stimuli. He is diaphoretic, breathing rapidly, and has no obvious signs of injury. All his friends can tell you is that he went scuba diving several times during their trip. You suspect that this patient may have:

You are receiving a 26-year-old male patient with altered mental status on an incoming airplane from Florida. When you receive the patient, his friends tell you that he began having a headache and joint pain midflight, and his condition progressively worsened. The patient looks extremely uncomfortable, is constantly wincing, and responds only to painful stimuli. He is diaphoretic, breathing rapidly, and has no obvious signs of injury. All his friends can tell you is that he went scuba diving several times during their trip. You suspect that this patient may have:

You are receiving a 26-year-old male patient with altered mental status on an incoming airplane from Florida. When you receive the patient, his friends tell you that he began having a headache and joint pain midflight, and his condition progressively worsened. The patient looks extremely uncomfortable, is constantly wincing, and responds only to painful stimuli. He is diaphoretic, breathing rapidly, and has no obvious signs of injury. All his friends can tell you is that he went scuba diving several times during their trip. You suspect that this patient may have:




A) a. A myocardial infarction
B) d. The bends
C) c. A septic infection from a saltwater drowning
D) b. A neurotoxin exposure from a snake


Answer: B) d. The bends


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