Altered Conscious State
| Components of Acroynm | Examples | |
|---|---|---|
| A | Alcohol and/or abuse of substances. Acidosis | Alcohol or drug intoxication Diabetic ketoacidosis Hypoventilation due to COPD Asthmatic airway obstruction or neuromuscular disease |
| E | Environmental Epilepsy Electrolytes Encephalopathy Endocrine disease | Hypothermia; hyperthermia Epileptic seizure (or seizure for any other reason) Hyponatremia / hypernatremia; hypocalcaemia / hypercalcemia Wernicke’s encephalopathy Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) Adrenal insufficiency Thyroid disease |
| I | Infection | Encephalitis Meningitis Meningoencephalitis Sepsis |
| O | Overdose Oxygen deficiency | Prescription or non-prescription drug overdose Hypoxia due to pulmonary oedema or tension pneumothorax Hypoxic brain injury due to cardiac arrest. |
| U | Under dose Uraemia | Insufficient dose of prescription medications Excess urea in the blood due to kidney failure Congestive heart failure Urinary obstruction |
| T | Trauma Tumour | Concussion Traumatic brain injury Increased intracranial pressure due to epidural haemorrhage Brain tumour or metastasis to the brain Paraneoplastic syndrome |
| I | Insulin | Hypoglycaemia Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state |
| P | Psychogenic Poisons | Psychosis Pseudo seizure; conversion disorder Carbon monoxide poisoning Heavy metal poisoning |
| S | Stroke Shock | Haemorrhagic stroke due to arteriovenous malformation (AVM) Neurogenic shock due to spinal cord injury Cardiogenic shock due to myocardial infarction |