Discuss signs and symptoms & vital signs and link this to tools we use for identifying and managing acute illness.

Identifying and managing acute illness

Link your patient presentation to the intervention
Discuss signs and symptoms & vital signs and link this to tools we use for identifying and managing acute illness.

For example: If your patient has a diagnosis of sepsis

– Link to NEWS2 to demonstrate acute illness

– Link the vital signs to the sepsis six and the red flags for sepsis

– Then link to your intervention i.e. as a result of the signs and symptoms of sepsis, the red flags and NEWS2 score a fluid challenge is part of this patients management