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Management approach to the COVID-19 sick or suspected patient

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Management approach to the COVID-19 sick or suspected patient Contact person with COVID-19 patients – Stay at home / Quarantine  Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients- Stay at home, monitor status and Food treatment  Mild COVID-19 sick patients- Fever, cough, diarrhea – Home treatment + doctor advice  Moderate COVID-19 sick patients- Medical care from home/ Outpatient medical care • More troublesome cough but not in pain • Temperature more than 37.8°c. • Breathless on exercise, walking up the stairs, but not to a degree that alarms you • Diarrhoea Severe COVID-19 sick patients- Hospitalize the patient for emergency care Hospitalize or take emergency medical treatment for the following condition  Bedside signs of shock for both COVID-19 and other patients are  Vital signs- • Heart rate or pulse more than 100 b /minute  • Blood pressure, less than 90 mm of Mg • Change in mental status, Alert is a good sign. verbal, pain, or unresponsiv...

Approach to the COVID-19 sick or suspected patient

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  Approach to the COVID-19 sick or suspected patient   Primary approach ·         Evaluate patients, ·         Think about the cause and severity of their illness, and ·         Begin to treat   Next   ·         Continue to recheck them because their condition may change. ·         When checking them, we continue to use the evaluate, think, act approach.   Evaluation 1.       General appearance ·         Signs of anxiety , sleepiness , respiratory fatigue , ·         Diaphoresis (sweatiness). 2.       level of consciousness AVPU scale/categorization system. A= Alert, clearly paying attention to their surroundings V= Verbal (respond...