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Topics 19 December 2013
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EMQ. Mental Capacity.
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You have been put in charge of
introducing a policy in the antenatal clinic for the management of domestic
violence. Your recommendations have been accepted by the senior staff in the
department and the launch date for the new policy in is 3 months. You have
been asked to give a lecture to the midwives detailing the important issues
relating to the introduction of the policy. Critically evaluate the topics
you will include in the lecture.
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A 20-year-old woman is referred to the gynaecology clinic with a
complaint of hirsutism. Critically evaluate the management.
1. Outline the necessary facts to obtain from
the history. 6 marks.
2. Justify the investigations you would
arrange. 8 marks.
3. Outline the key aspects of the management. 6 marks.
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A 41-year-old woman attends for
review after a normal hysteroscopy. She now wishes treatment for her
incapacitating heavy periods which have not responded to medical management.
1.
Outline the history you will take. 4 marks.
2.
Outline the investigations you will consider. 4 marks.
3. Critically evaluate your management. 12 marks
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Critically evaluate neonatal screening.
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Discuss the key aspects of neonatal jaundice.
a. why it is important. 4 marks. b. the causes of neonatal jaundice. 8 marks. c. the management. 8 marks. |
Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Lead-in.
The following scenarios relate to the Mental Capacity Act
2005.
Pick one option from the option list.
Each option can be used once, more than once or not at
all.
Abbreviations.
CAD: Court-appointed Deputy.
COP: Court of Protection.
FGR: fetal growth restriction.
LPA: Lasting Power of Attorney.
MCA: Mental
Capacity Act 2005.
PoA: Power of Attorney.
Option list.
A.
Yes
B.
No
C.
True
D.
False
E.
Does not exist
F.
The husband
G.
A parent
H.
The child
I.
the General
Practitioner
J.
the Consultant
K.
the Registrar
L.
The Consultant
treating the patient
M.
A Consultant not
involved in treating the patient
N.
The Medical Director
O.
A person with Powers
of Attorney
P.
The sheriff or
sheriff’s deputy
Q.
Balance of
probabilities
R.
Beyond reasonable
doubt
S.
None of the above.
Scenario 1.
A person with LPA is normally
not a family member.
Scenario 2.
A Sheriff’s Deputy is normally
not a family member.
Scenario 3.
A person with PoA can consent
to treatment for the patient who lacks capacity.
Scenario 4.
A Court-appointed Deputy can consent to treatment for the
patient who lacks capacity, but must go back to the Court of Protection if
further consent is required for additional treatment.
Scenario 5.
A person with PoA can authorise
withdrawal of all care except basic care in cases of individuals with
persistent vegetative states.
Scenario 6.
An advance decision can
authorise withdrawal of all but basic care in cases of persistent vegetative
states.
Scenario 7
A person with PoA cannot
overrule an advance direction about withdrawal or withholding of
life-sustaining care.
Scenario 8
A woman is seen in the
antenatal clinic at 39 weeks’ gestation. Her blood pressure is 180/110 and she
has +++ of proteinuria on dipstick testing. She has mild epigastric pain. A
scan shows evidence of FGR with the baby on the 2nd. centile.
Doppler studies of the umbilical artery are abnormal and a non-stress CTG shows
loss of variability and variable decelerations. She is advised that she appears
to have severe pre-eclampsia and is at risk of eclampsia and of intracranial
haemorrhage. She is told of the associated risk of mortality and morbidity. She
is also advised that the baby is showing evidence of severe FGR and has
abnormal Doppler studies and CTG which could lead to death or hypoxic damage.
She declines admission or treatment. She says she trusts in God and wishes to
leave her fate and that of her baby in His hands. She is seen by a psychiatrist
who assesses her as competent under the MCA and with no evidence of mental
disorder. The obstetrician wants to apply to the COP for an order for
compulsory treatment. Can he do this?
Scenario 9
A woman is admitted at 36
weeks’ gestation with evidence of placental abruption. She is semi-comatose and
shocked. There is active bleeding and the cervical os is closed. Fetal heart
activity is present but with bradycardia and decelerations. The consultant
decides that Caesarean section is the best option to save her live and that of
the baby. When reading the notes, the registrar comes across an advance notice
drawn up by the woman and her solicitor. It states that she does not wish
Caesarean section, regardless of the risk to her and the baby. The consultant
tells the registrar that they can ignore it now that she is no longer competent
and get on with the Caesarean section for which she will be thankful
afterwards. The registrar says that the advance notice is binding. Who is
correct?
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