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Decision Report 201704912

  • Case ref:
    201704912
  • Date:
    May 2018
  • Body:
    Scottish Ambulance Service
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatmet / diagnosis

Summary

Ms C complained about the care and treatment provided to her late partner (Mr A) by the ambulance service. She felt that the service should have taken Mr A to hospital when they attended him and he was unwell with diarrhoea, because several days later Mr A was diagnosed with a perforated duodenal ulcer (when the lining of the stomach splits due to a sore).

We took independent advice from a consultant in emergency medicine who is involved in the training of paramedics and who works alongside them in the provision of pre-hospital care. We found that the ambulance service appropriately assessed Mr A and reasonably contacted an out-of-hours GP to further assess Mr A. We did not uphold this complaint.

Updated: December 2, 2018