Here comes the Summer Sun…and Heat Stroke.
Here comes the Summer Sun…and Heat Stroke.
How to recognise and manage patients with Acute Behavioural Disturbance in order to support their emergency care whilst maintaining safety of the patient, staff, and others.
An 89-year-old female presents with an unrecordable temperature.
Management of Heat Stroke in the ED
A drowsy marathon runner presents after training in the sun, with a significantly raised temperature and dry skin too hot to touch.
An elderly lady gardening in the hot summer sun becomes unwell soon after midday.
How will you manage her heat stroke?
Approximately 800 heat related deaths occur annually in the UK. In 2003, a heat wave in Southern England resulted in over 1000 deaths
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an ED with the effects of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
You move to your second base as some divers have surfaced and are getting ready to pack up. You notice one of them is swaying left and right and stops due to complaints of pain in his back. He has started to feel out of breath.