Confusion is one of the commonest presentations in the emergency department. It is a symptom that presents an underlying problem in any organ system that most of the time can be life threatening if not identified and proper intervention initiated timely. Can occur before or during the patient stay in hospital. Confusion can be due to an interplay among so many factors or causes. Therefore, an emergency care provide should have a wide set of knowledge to tease out all the possible causes in their patient to reduce on the morbidity and mortality.. Using the ABCDE approach within first five minutes of patient interaction in very integral to patient care and outcome. Further appropriate investigations and their interpretation is very important as it will aid in proper interventions. To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com/library/?collection=emergency+medicine&chapter=brain

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