Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
All tagged HAP35
Some patients are not going to get better, but there is still plenty you can do for them...
80-year-old female. Found unwell by relatives and slightly drowsy. Feeling low since husband died 6 months earlier. Hx of having taken OD.
Tachycardia, tachypnoea and confusion, but its not sepsis...
86 y/o female. Fall from standing hitting her chest against a set of drawers. Has been on the floor for 24 hrs.
Stealth Trauma is when a low impact mechanism can cause severe injuries in frail older people.
79-year-old man from a nursing home found unresponsive by staff this morning. Off his food yesterday.
9-month-old unwell & febrile at 39deg , HR 190, peripherally shut down & lethargic.
