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davidgillon) wrote2025-01-26 09:58 pm
And today's crisis is....
My sister on the phone this afternoon: I just took Mam's blood pressure, it's 199/119. What should we do?
Me: Eeek!!!
Turns out the NHS have an app for that: https://www.nhs.uk/health-assessment-tools/check-your-blood-pressure-reading
Give it your reading and it tells you what you need to do. 199/119 is urgent GP appointment today, or call 111 now territory.
Andrea rang 111, they got her an appointment at Urgent Care, the doctor at Urgent Care said A&E, now. So Andrea drove her straight to Darlington rather than wait for an ambulance.
A&E were advertising a six hour queue when they arrived at 5:30, but Mam got rushed through the system, and every time they checked, her blood pressure was lower, and when her bloods came back fine they sent her home about 8:30. We're no wiser as to whether it was adrenal, current infection, meds, or just being wound up with everything that's going on, but hopefully it's settled. (And it's a hell of a lot better than having to wait until near midnight to be seen).
All the things crossed for no crises tomorrow.
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*hugs*
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