You are dispatched to a residence for a 32-year-old female who is complaining of a severe headache and blurry vision in her left eye. when you arrive at the scene, she meets you at the door and leads you toward the kitchen. as you follow her, you notice that she appears to be relying on the wall to assist her balance. when you question her, she tells you that the headache began the previous day and got worse as the day went on, forcing her to leave work early. when she awoke this morning, she noticed the dizziness and vision change in her eye and decided not to drive herself to the doctor. she denies any history of trauma. as you perform your examination, you notice that she winces when you touch the left parietal area of her head. when asked, she remembers that she was struck on the left side of the head by an object that she thought was thrown by a lawn mower as she walked past it three days ago while walking her dog. she states that the object did not hurt very much, so she figured it was unimportant and forgot about it. with the provided information, on which field diagnosis would you base your treatment plan? a cerebral contusionan epidural hematomasubarachnoid bleeda subdural hematoma

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A35-year-old woman comes to the ed complaining of chest pressure. she has had such episodes intermittently over the last 5 years, usually when sleeping, but over the last year she has had more frequent severe symptoms that are occasionally associated with severe migraine headaches. the pain is midsternal and is described as pressure that extends as a band around her chest. the ed physician is initially dubious that the pain is cardiac in origin, because the woman has no coronary disease risk factors. an ecg, however, shows 2mm st-segment elevation and inverted t waves in leads v1 through v5 and 1mm st-segment depression in leads ii, iii, and avf. before the cardiologist arrives in the ed, the patient's ecg has returned to normal. this repeat normal ecg is obtained after the administration of aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine, and oxygen. which of the following is most likely for these findings? - diffuse intimal thickening with focal areas of atherosclerotic narrowing - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the left anterior descending artery - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the right coronary artery - plaque rupture and thrombus formation in the left anterior descending artery - transiently increased coronary vascular tone in the right coronary artery