BIOLOGY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Health Visitor, Dietitian, Convulsion
19 Jun 2018
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Health visitor:
o Carry out home visits, assess eating behaviour and provide support
Paediatric dietician
o Assess quantity and composition of food and recommend strategies
increasing energy intake
Social services:
o Help mum with benefits/ financial support/ help with care for mother
GP:
o To review to see if improvement and investigate
JWH, JM, AJS
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Document Summary
Health visitor: carry out home visits, assess eating behaviour and provide support. Paediatric dietician: assess quantity and composition of food and recommend strategies increasing energy intake. Social services: help mum with benefits/ financial support/ help with care for mother. Gp: to review to see if improvement and investigate. Definition: transient episodes of altered consciousness, abnormal movements or abnormal behavior are a common presenting problem. Sarah is a 15-year-old girl, referred to paediatric outpatients. Accompanied by a letter that says, (cid:494)thank you for seeing this girl who has had her first fit. (cid:495) 3 weeks ago she was at school when the fire alarm went off unexpectedly. Friends tried to help her to walk out of the classroom, but after about a minute she collapsed to the floor and had a brief episode of jerking movements affecting all four limbs. There was no incontinence or tongue biting. She regained consciousness within a minute but continued to feel weak for a few.
