Title: CotE On-Call

Host(s): Mark Garside, Pete Brock, Vicky Gibson

Opening Question: What song would you not want to hear on hospital radio?

Main Topic: Covering the Geriatrics Wards Out of Hours

Discussion Points:

• Suggestions for a general approach
• Delirium / Increasing confusion
• EWS & atypical presentations
• Requests for sedation
• Fluids
• Falls
• Things not to miss

CotEcast Commandments:

1. Don’t miss hypoactive delirium
2. Think when prescribing analgesia
3. Always ask why!

References, Links, Resources:

• aeme.org.uk/mini-gems
• aeme.org.uk/g4j15

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