How to feel confident safely non conveying a patient c/o of a headache
Liam talks about how he safety nets headache patients he non conveys.
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Here’s some zebra traps to leave once you’ve decided the best course of action is to leave a patient at home…
Stroke/subarachnoid
- Severe headache
- Blurred or altered vision impairment
- Slurred speech, or the use of inappropriate words
- An inability to produce or understand speech
- A facial droop
- Numbness or altered sensation in face or limbs
- Unilateral limb weakness
- Loss of coordination
- confusion/reduced level of consciousness
Infection cause
- Neck stiffness
- Photophobia
- Non blanching rash
- Fever
- Rigors
- Scalp tenderness
- Fitting
Nice guidelines on headache
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/headache-assessment/diagnosis/headache-diagnosis/
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