How will you manage your absconding patient with suicidal intent who has gone ‘absent without leave’?
How will you manage your absconding patient with suicidal intent who has gone ‘absent without leave’?
Young adult female patient presenting to the ED with abdominal pain, constipation and confusing findings in erect abdominal x-ray.
In this blog, we’ve collated all our infographics, and some pictures, around mental health in the ED. We hope that the pictures will spark your curiosity, and you’ll delve further into the original resource for further learning.
A 45-year-old man develops methemoglobinemia after an incidence of eating his own faeces.
With a huge burden of mental and physical health needs carried by patients with eating disorders, ED clinicians need to be aware of how they can give the care needed.
A 13-year-old female collapses whilst running. How will you assess and manage this?
This session covers important aspects of history taking, examination and investigation, alongside national guidelines and risk assessment tools, to help guide patient management.
The number of patients presenting to the ED with an eating disorder, or complications arising from an eating disorder, is increasing yearly.
How will you manage the absconding patient?