{"id":1299,"date":"2016-06-07T20:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2016-05-23T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T13:39:12","slug":"adce2-when-two-tracks-diverge-in-a-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2016\/06\/07\/adce2-when-two-tracks-diverge-in-a-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"ADCE2 – When two tracks diverge in a wood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Acker+Bilk+Cocktails+For+Two+499808\"You’re sure to remember the ethical dilemma in ADCE1 – the overheard conversation of\u00a0information that may have done more harm than good – and you’re likely to have spend hours awake, wondering about the next dilemma to come your way.<\/p>\n

Will it be, as posed by Emma Neumann<\/a> in the “Tea & Jeopardy” podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

“If you were to be approached by someone holding two cocktails & wearing nothing but a winning smile, who would it be?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No.<\/p>\n

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It’s rather different than that. ADCE2 <\/a>sets you\u00a0a far simpler task:<\/p>\n

You are examining the feet of a 14yr old young woman with chronic renal disease and a nasty paronychia when she says “I’ve not told anyone, but when I was in the park last night two men grabbed me and started .. well ..” She goes on to describe an assault; she ran away and banged her toe badly which has now developed into the\u00a0infection.<\/p>\n

Your crash bleep goes off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What should your actions be, and why?<\/p>\n