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11 minute stationSuspected Non-Accidental Injury, 18-Month-Old
Dispatch
Cat 2 — 18-month-old child, reported fall from sofa, bruising to torso noted by caller.
On arrival
Child alert but withdrawn, multiple bruises of differing colours on trunk and upper arms, carer's account of the fall does not match the pattern of injuries.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent
- RR
- 30
- SpO2
- 98% on air
- Pulse
- 128
- Temp
- 36.8 °C
- GCS/AVPU
- Alert but withdrawn, poor eye contact
- Skin
- Bruising of varying ages to trunk and upper arms