Emma: Going to hospital – What to do before going to hospital
Listen to patients and health professionals speak about their experience with taking multiple medicines.
Emma
Female
Age at interview: 41
Number of medicines: 19
Cultural background: Anglo-Australian
Emma has a complex medicines regimen and can become very ill if this is not adhered to. Going to hospital is one of the main reasons why she carries a medicines list.
I always keep a list in my purse of my medical history and the medicines I'm taking just in case something was to happen because I'm on my own. If I was taken to a hospital I wouldn’t want to have the doctors just guessing what I'm taking if I was unconscious or a little bit confused or something because I don’t want to stop those things suddenly because that would make me more sick. So I think it's important to carry a list with you everywhere you go.
The Living with multiple medicines project was developed in collaboration with Healthtalk Australia.