Hypoxemic community-acquired pneumonia
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed62-year-old woman for Acute hypoxemic community-acquired pneumonia reassessment. About 8 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Corroborate the authored hypoxemia beside work of breathing, mentation, and perfusion, then record immediate support and experienced-help intent.
- Reconcile the authored pneumonia pattern while preserving dangerous alternatives and complications.
- Integrate the 3 authored minor severe-CAP features with the absence of major criteria, shock, or invasive ventilation.
- Record guideline-bounded microbiology and prompt empiric-treatment ownership without selecting a regimen.
- After elapsed time, hand off the oxygen requirement, respiratory effort, severity features, open alternatives, testing, treatment ownership, and deterioration triggers.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;200:e45-e67.
- Jones BE, Ramirez JA, Oren E, et al. Diagnosis and Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia: An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026.
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.