Question

A 20-year-old university student presents to their GP with fever, headache, photophobia and a non-blanching petechial rash on the trunk. He is drowsy but rousable. Which single action in the GP surgery is most appropriate before urgent transfer to hospital?

Accepted Answer

Give intramuscular Benzylpenicillin and arrange blue-light transfer to hospital.

Answer

Take blood cultures and send urgently to the laboratory.

Answer

Give oral Amoxicillin and arrange same-day outpatient review.

Answer

Start oral Doxycycline and review in 24 hours.

Answer

Observe for 1 hour to see if the rash spreads.

Practice question

A 20-year-old university student presents to their GP with fever, headache, photophobia and a non-blanching petechial rash on the trunk. He is drowsy but rousable. Which single action in the GP surgery is most appropriate before urgent transfer to hospital?