In August of 2000, a professional basketball player from the Philippines checked himself into the University Community Hospital-Carrollwood in Floridan complaining of a headache, nausea, dizziness, confusion, and double vision. The man’s name was Allan Navarro, and he informed the triage nurse that he had a personal medical history of hypertension, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol, as well as a family history of strokes.

When the attending emergency physician saw him, Allan told him that he had a headache that appeared suddenly during the day and that he had felt a “pop” in his head. Even though Allan provided all of this information, the physician attending him did not conduct a full case history examination, nor did he conduct a neurological examination. Allan spent close to 6 hours in the hospital and was discharged with a “sinusitis/headache” diagnosis after two CT brain scans had been completed. The physician prescribed him some Vicodin for the pain and an antibiotic.