Monday, October 20, 2014

if your elderly parent is in hospital....


very often we have elderly patients coming for surgery & because they usually are afflicted with various medical problems, they take a myriad of medications for their ailments. sometimes they forget to bring these with them when they are admitted & their spouse/children cannot remember what these medications are.

so, i was pleasantly surprised when i saw this note attached to a patient's file.
not as detailed as i would have liked, eg. dose & frequency not stated, but it's good enough, esp when there are times i haven't the foggiest idea what some patients are suffering from & what medications they take.

and that would be like sailing into the high seas without a compass....

2 comments:

Small Kucing said...

yea kinda hard if dont know the head and tails what meds a patient is taking.

This one is good. I gues he/she left off writing the dosage as he/she feels maybe you will decide the amount the Papa should take kot...

doc said...

S.Kucing,

having that list written out is already a great help.