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#Ensure patient is managed in majors: it's important to reinforce the notion that this is a [[Paper Cut|major illness]] early on.
#If the patient has an obvious history of gastroenteritis, they may be suffering from Tazocin deficiency. Do not hold back on the IVs.
#Ensure that they are accompanied by an anxious partner or relative who can helpfully suggest things like "How do you know it's not meningitis?"<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/08/family-member/ RN Relieved to Find Out That Patient’s Family Member’s Aunt is a Nurse(Gomerblog)]</ref>
#If you suspect manflu then involve ITU early and liaise with the tertiary centre for manflu for a bed on their ward.
#It's important that you treat the patient dismissively when the blood results come back negative, in fact try not to see them. Get the nurse to [http://gomerblog.com/2013/11/icu-patient/ disconnect all the wires] and say they can go home with Lemsip.
