When you search ‘delirium’ on Google images you find lots of pictures to do with delirium tremens – the clinical syndrome associated with alcohol withdrawal; while this is delirium in […]
So, what do we do when a person, say a ninety-year-old woman is climbing on a window ledge, at risk of falling, or hitting you with a telephone or pouring […]
‘Do not prescribe anti-psychotics!’ I usually include this phrase when inducting new doctors into my department. In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion about the potential […]
In April I attended the BMJ/IHI Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in London. Maureen Bisognano, President and CEO of the IHI was one of the main speakers. Maureen […]
Being aware is one of the first lessons in patient safety. Awareness of self, of environment, of our patients; so often we walk around with our head in clouds of […]
