Give It, Hold It, Teach It

Reflux and ulcer drugs are safe drugs given at the wrong time, and gastric surgery has an emergency hiding inside a normal-looking complaint. Work each call, choose the one action you would actually take, and read what the drug is doing and what happens if you get it backwards. Nine cases — four of them are timing, three are outright contraindications, and two are patients who are sicker than they sound.