Suitable for first contact practitioners, practice nurses, physician associates, paramedics, and clinical Pharmacists

Course content/learning outcomes

By the end of the session delegates will have a greater understanding of:

• How to undertake acute illness assessments using a structured, evidence-based approach

• Recognise the signs and symptoms of a range of acute illnesses that may present in primary care such as; headache, back pain, GI, respiratory throat pain, neurological and diabetes 

• Within each of these, look at how they may present, AHP perspective, history-taking, red flags, management, escalation, safety netting, review mechanisms, clerking/governance.