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- Title:
- Acute illness: Assessment and initial management
- Description:
- This session covers a safe, prioritised approach to the recognition, assessment and initial management of the sick patient.
- Hierarchy:
- Foundation (FND) > HLO 1: An accountable, capable and compassionate doctor > FPC 1: Clinical assessment > Acute illness: Assessment and initial management
- Author(s):
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Joe Wileman
- Created:
- 2 Jul 2026
- Last Major Update:
- 10 Nov 2023
- Keywords:
- foundation, ABCDE, critically ill, initial assessment, airway, airway adjunct, nasopharyngeal, NP, oropharyngeal, Guedel, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, AVPU, Glasgow Coma Score, GCS, hypoglycaemia
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- Title:
- Acute illness: Assessment and initial management
- Description:
- This session covers a safe, prioritised approach to the recognition, assessment and initial management of the sick patient.
- Hierarchy:
- Foundation (FND) > HLO 1: An accountable, capable and compassionate doctor > FPC 1: Clinical assessment > Acute illness: Assessment and initial management
- Author(s):
-
Joe Wileman
- Created:
- 2 Jul 2026
- Last Major Update:
- 10 Nov 2023
- Keywords:
- foundation, ABCDE, critically ill, initial assessment, airway, airway adjunct, nasopharyngeal, NP, oropharyngeal, Guedel, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, AVPU, Glasgow Coma Score, GCS, hypoglycaemia