Unconscious Patient Mark Tehan MBBS, FRCEM, FIMC

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Unconscious Patient Mark Tehan MBBS, FRCEM, FIMC Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Broomfield Hospital, Magpas Air Ambulance

Overview Common EM presentation Common AM, Anaes & ICM referral Core part of ACCS syllabus FRCEM, FRCA & MRCP

Objectives

Diagnostic A – E Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure

Management A – E Airway with C-Spine Protection Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure

Differential Drugs Hypoglycaemia Hypoxia Trauma Infection Vascular Epilepsy Raised ICP Cerebral Blood Flow Endocrine

Drugs Are bad! Sedatives Opiates Dissociatives Anticholinergics Think beyond the toxidrome Serotonin Syndrome Poisonous Alcohols

Hypoglycaemia Drugs Seizures Sepsis Liver Failure Addisons

Hypoxia

Trauma Traumatic brain injury Brain Impact (IBA / ‘concussion’ / etc.) Diffuse Axonal Injury Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Subdural haematoma Extradural haematoma Cerebral hypoperfusion

Infection Neurosepsis Sepsis in the elderly

Vascular / Cerebral Blood Flow CVA SAH Hypotension The Aorta Will #@&$! You Up

Epilepsy Generalised seizures Motor (tonic-clonic) Non-Motor (absence / non-convulsive seizures) Post-ictal state

Raised ICP Space occupying lesion Hydrocephalus Trauma Vascular

Endocrine Diabetes Myxoedema Coma Thyroid Storm Adrenal Crisis Hypoglycaemia DKA Myxoedema Coma Thyroid Storm Adrenal Crisis

Summary Drugs Hypoglycaemia Hypoxia Standard approach to diagnosis Standard approach to management Run in parallel Drugs Hypoglycaemia Hypoxia Trauma Infection Vascular / Cerebral Blood Flow Epilepsy Raised ICP Endocrine