--- Paul Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well put Fred,
> in the presence of an evidence vacuum and in my
> defence I'll only say this:
> Australia isn't (thank God) America, and I
> personally discharge all of my
> normal CT GCS 15 Minor Head Injury patients to the
> care of a responsible
> adult immediately post report.........
>
> One point that should be noted is that as a
> consultant I don't work nights,
> so don't have the headache of deciding what to do
> with these patients at
> 0300 hrs....
>
I think that will be an issue for many of these
patients. If you are not going to be able to get them
home at 3:00am because of lack of responsible carer or
transport then doing a CT at that time rather than
first thing in the morning isn't going to change the
management.
Cheers Fred.
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