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A 28-year-old female presents with a “severe headache” for the past 9 hours. She states the pain is over the left temporal area and is “throbbing” in nature. These symptoms have occurred before but not as bad.

• What are some clinical assessment tools or techniques that you could use to help diagnose this patient’s condition?
• In order of importance, describe three (3) questions that you would like to ask this patient and give a brief explanation of why?

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