A patient with a headache is more likely to receive paracetamol from a GP, a CT scan from a General Physician and an MRI from the specialist.
Who is more effective?
Monthly Archives: October 2019
My Job
Mostly, my approach is to consider that we, that is the community services (those outside the acute hospital) can and do support a far broader range of patients than people realise and, when working well together, can care for a significant proportion of the people who otherwise arrive at the door of A&E.
Five-pound flags, whistles and banners
By the end,
The BBC said tens of thousands,
The Independent a million.
Who knows?
It can’t be that hard to estimate.
In the darkness we wait.
I have a patient Who cannot read or write. I have not yet Determined the reasons why; Whether circumstance situation or something else. Nevertheless, He struggles with many activities that you or I would find Straightforward. When I was explaining to him the other day About the dosing of Paracetamol, I realisedContinue reading “In the darkness we wait.”
London to Glasgow (cardiologists and frailty)
First, I wanted to mention Neprilysin (and its inhibitor) as it seems to me to be such a cunning piece of high-tech science it should reach this blog. Then I’ll get to the cardiologists!
A nurse’s job?!
I will not go into more detail about this but suffice it to say, this is congruent with my values and probably my purpose.
G. falls over and possibly bangs his head
He was treated with antibiotics and returned to the care home 48 hours later. During his stay he fell twice on the ward; there was an incident with a member of staff which led to him receiving intramuscular Lorazepam.
Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion) 