Managing the critically ill via telehealth

Alarm bells start ringing when a patient 'presents' with nausea, diarrhoea and a painful abdomen

Beth is a 65-year-old regular practice patient who has arranged a same-day telephone consultation with her GP.

Beth reports that 36 hours previously she woke in the middle of the night with severe epigastric pain with associated nausea and diarrhoea.