Jan 76-year-old female, is being admitted to your ward from emergency department with acopia and falls for investigation following a fall at

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home.

 

Vital signs on admission: blood pressure 150/95, heart rate 110

beats per minute, respirations 20 breaths per minute, SpO2  90% on

room air.

 

On examination in emergency department Jan was found to have haematomas to her left eye and bilaterally on her knees and a small superficial laceration to her left eye that was sutured in emergency department. A CT of her head and x-rays shows no apparent fractures or abnormalities.