Module 02: Child and Adolescent Health (Assessment)
A 2-year-old boy presented to your practice with the onset of the petechial skin rash, over the previous 3-4 hours. He has a temperature of 38.8°C. Which one of the following responses would be the MOST APPROPRIATE?
A. Give a broad spectrum antibiotic and send him home.
B. Arrange for an urgent referral to hospital.
C. Advice his parents that he will need regular paracetamol and tepid sponging at home with a further review at your practice the next morning.
D. Give a single large dose of parenteral penicillin and send him immediately to hospital.
E. Arrange for parenteral penicillin and advise the parents to bring him back for a review first thing tomorrow.
A 2-year-old boy presented to your practice with the onset of the petechial skin rash, over the previous 3-4 hours. He has a temperature of 38.8°C. Which one of the following responses would be the MOST APPROPRIATE?
A. Give a broad spectrum antibiotic and send him home.
B. Arrange for an urgent referral to hospital.
C. Advice his parents that he will need regular paracetamol and tepid sponging at home with a further review at your practice the next morning.
D. Give a single large dose of parenteral penicillin and send him immediately to hospital.
E. Arrange for parenteral penicillin and advise the parents to bring him back for a review first thing tomorrow.