Acute Caremiddle twist
You are the intern on an evening shift at a public hospital in Perth. A 3-year-old boy was admitted this morning with a febrile illness. His mother has told the nurse twice in the past hour that he is not himself and is worse than he was at home. You reviewed him 30 minutes ago; his heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, oxygen saturation and conscious state all sit within the normal range printed on the observation chart. The mother is frightened and asks what else she can do. Which one of the following should you do next?