Emergency Room Antibiotic Quiz

Doc! I've got Bell's Palsy (likely from HSV) and my face don't work! Fix me ASAP!

My back hurts, and I'm pretty sure I've got vertebral osteomyelitis from staph/strep/pseudomonas, or E. coli! I'm willing to stay in the hospital, what can you give me, doc?

I broke my leg in a mud pit and the bone is sticking out! I need antibiotics for my heavily contaminated wound!

I'm a heroin junkie with staph/strep-induced endocarditis! How ya gonna fix me, doc?

Doc! My kid has raging otitis media, likely caused by staph, H. flu or M. cat! I know antibiotic use is controversial, but I'm an irrational parent demanding treatment! What can you give him?

Doc! I've got epiglottitis! Help me before my windpipe shuts off! Remember to cover for GAS, H. flu, staph, and strep!

Doc! I've got a raging, polymicrobic dental abscess and it's killing me! Besides NSAIDs, a shot of bupivicaine, and some Vicodin, what can you give me?

Doc! My kid's got swimmer's ear (otitis externa), likely caused by staph or pseudomonas! Fix him so we can get back in the pool!

Goo goo ga ga, Doc! I'm a 3 week old neonate with meningitis! Fix me before I have permenant brain damage! Remember to cover for GBS, E. coli, Listeria, and Klebsiella!

Doc! I've got staph/strep-induced septic bursitis of the prepatellar bursa! But I don't want to come in the hospital. What can you prescribe me as an outpatient?