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EMERGENCIES

Practices should have protocols for dealing with emergencies on the premises, such as:

  • Acute abdominal pain
  • Acute asthma
  • Acute breathlessness
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Coma
  • Fitting patient
  • Meningitis
  • Psychiatric emergency
  • Scalds and burns
  • Stroke

SIGN 110 (2009) Head injury Early management

Resuscitation Council UK www.resus.org.uk  

Emergencies in primary care. Simon C, O’Reilly K, Proctor R, Buckmaster J. OUP, 2007.

St John Ambulance: first aid advice www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/life-saving-procedures.aspx

See Anaphylaxis; resuscitation, cardiopulmonary

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