I am not convinced by the argument that all adult acute patients must be seen early & in detail by a Consultant however I know that a Consultant can be Expert at very swift recognition of the exceptionally ill case in need of greatly accelerated active care but only if he attends
Yes, I've gone over that timeline a few times too. Once the consultant had the case flagged up to him, not putting eyes on Jack for himself was unforgivable for me. And had he done so, it may have been early enough to make a difference too - my non-clinical mind suspects. Dire.
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Not sure how adult and paediatric patients differ in that regard, but I've always had the impression kids can generally go downhill faster, (and bounce back faster too, given a chance). I can only imagine attending when results indicate a problem is more important as a result.
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We don’t know - the stand in Consultant may also have been under great pressure - maybe he had a very overbooked all day clinic as well as offering at short notice to be in charge? We know he didn’t attend the child, that’s all
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Think I asked earlier (?) but when you refer to the stand in, do you mean Mr O'Riordan, or some other consultant?
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