Abstract

st cas dy Family Medicine and Community Health casE stUyd John Murtagh History stimuli (digital pressure over the supraorbital CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: A 62-year-old man was brought to the emer- ridge), he opened his eyes and withdrew from John Murtagh gency room by his friends because he was the pain. Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and intoxicated from alcohol and had sustained Health Sciences, Monash Univer- injuries from a fall on the footpath. Prior Questions sity, Victoria 3165, Australia to this, he had been argumentative and had 1. What particular conditions in this man E-mail: john.murtagh@monash. a fight with two younger men. According to would you be most concerned about? edu his friends, he was a very pleasant and clever 2. In objective assessment of his conscious Funding: This research received public servant, but had a history of binge state, what would be your description of: no specific grant from any fund- drinking of beer and spirits. They were par- a. t he classicfi ation according to the ing agency in the public, com- ticularly concerned about him since he had ve fi conscious levels? mercial, or not-for-profit sectors. become uncharacteristically confused and b. the Glasgow coma