Question 12 · LEK · Delirium
An emergency medical ambulance has been called for a 71-year-old patient who passed out. On examination: heart rate 85/min., blood pressure 100/60 mmHg, the ECG - normal, sodium: 130 mmol/L, potassium: 3 mmol/L, height 165 cm, weight 65 kg. Abnormal allopsychic orientation, normal autopsychic orientation, the patient has auditory hallucinations and is susceptible to suggestion. The emergency team should:
- A. transport the patient to the psychiatric ward.
- B. transport the patient to the ward for internal diseases.
- C. transport the patient to the emergency room.
- D. left the patient at home and recommend a visit to the family doctor.
- E. left the patient at home and recommend a visit to the outpatient psychiatric clinic.
Hint
Sudden disorientation and hallucinations in an elderly person with electrolyte disturbances suggest a somatic cause needing urgent work-up.
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