Metastatic spinal cord compression
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed68-year-old man for calm first-hour cord-compression recognition, rescue-boundary, and handoff practice. About 6 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Reconcile the cancer, pain, motor, sensory, bladder, and whole-patient clock.
- Recognize suspected metastatic spinal cord compression as an oncologic emergency before imaging confirmation.
- Activate qualified spinal, oncology, radiology, nursing, and rehabilitation ownership immediately.
- Review the stability, movement, whole-spine MRI, corticosteroid, and definitive-care boundary.
- At a strict later report, review qualified MRI and the unresolved functional trajectory.
- After another elapsed interval, hand off level, stability, function, bladder, definitive care, and active risk.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression. NICE guideline NG234. 2023.
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Quality statement 3: Imaging for adults with suspected metastatic spinal cord compression. NICE quality standard QS56. Updated 2023.
Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.