Difficulties Diagnosing Infection in the Very Elderly: Tales from the Front Line

If there's one thing we’ve learnt - there’s no time to waste when diagnosing and treating the very elderly.

“Hello, Doctor thanks for getting back to me. Mrs Jones is a little confused and a bit wobbly on her feet, but all her observations are normal”, she says.

“Can I check… you’re the paramedic on the scene.”.... “Yes.”

“How old is the patient,”  I say….“92,” she replies. 

“When you say her observations are normal, can you just repeat the temperature,”

“Yes, it…