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Comms Time case topics

1. 01

   Breaking Bad News

   • Unexpected Death After Cardiac Arrest
   • Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
   • Devastating Stroke
2. 02

   Medical Error

   • Penicillin Allergy
   • Iatrogenic Hyperkalemia
3. 03

   Procedures and Consent

   • Gaining Informed Consent for Colonoscopy in a High-Risk Patient on Warfarin
   • Explaining the Need for Lumbar Puncture to a Refusing Patient with Suspected Meningitis
4. 04

   Compliance Issues

   • Resistant Hypertension
   • Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes
5. 05

   Respecting Religious Beliefs

   • Refusing Blood Transfusion in a Life-Threatening Bleed
   • Refusing Life-Saving Transfusion in Severe Anaemia
6. 06

   Medical Conditions Affecting Work

   • Disclosing Fitness to Drive Restrictions After a Seizure
   • Explaining Work Implications of Atrial Fibrillation in a Commercial Pilot
7. 07

   Palliative Care

   • Introducing Palliative Care in a Patient with End-Stage COPD
   • Conflict Between Family Demands and Patient’s Poor Prognosis
8. 08

   Patients Refusing Care

   • High-Risk Discharge Against Medical Advice
   • Managing a Suicidal Patient Attempting to Leave Hospital
9. 09

   Conflict with Relatives

   • Mediation Between Disagreeing Family Members Over End-of-Life Decisions
   • Family Conflict Over Escalation of Care in a Terminally Ill Patient
10. 10

    HIV

    • Disclosing a New HIV Diagnosis
    • Discussing HIV Status with a Partner
11. 11

    Patient Confidentiality

    • Upholding Patient Confidentiality with an Insistent Family Member
    • Managing an STI Diagnosis and Contact Tracing Concerns
12. 12

    Legal Compensation

    • Discussing Legal Compensation in Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma
13. 13

    Communicable Diseases

    • Enforcing Public Health Isolation for Drug-Resistant TB