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12 minute stationSuspected Sepsis in a Care Home
Dispatch
Cat 2 — 84-year-old male, more confused than usual, hot to touch, reduced oral intake.
On arrival
Resident in bed, drowsy but rousable, dry mucous membranes. Staff report a productive cough for three days and reduced urine output.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent
- RR
- 24
- SpO2
- 92% on air
- Pulse
- 112 irregular
- BP
- 92/54 mmHg
- Temp
- 38.6 °C