PMP3: Cardio-Respiratory Arrest

 

Understand the causes of cardiac arrest in children, recognising respiratory and circulatory failure are the commonest precipitants but including drowning, electrocution and hypothermia.

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Cards Against Paediatric ECGs
Cards Against Paediatric ECGs

The ‘Cards Against…’ medical education series is back for 2020. This time we’re tackling tricky teaching topics based on paediatric ECGs!

Lightning Learning: Filters for Bag Valve Masks
Lightning Learning: Filters for Bag Valve Masks

As manual ventilation is an aerosol-generating procedure we made this small reminder to use a filter on adult & paediatric bag valve masks to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19

Lightning Learning: Long QT Syndrome
Lightning Learning: Long QT Syndrome

Long QT Syndrome affects 1 in 2,500 people worldwide and is a congenital (or acquired) disorder that causes the QT interval to become prolonged.

Lightning Learning: Trifascicular Block
Lightning Learning: Trifascicular Block

Trifascicular block is a combination of heart block with a bifascicular block and can be 'complete' or 'incomplete'.

Lightning Learning: Major Haemorrhage
Lightning Learning: Major Haemorrhage

Quick learning bites on EM topics.

Lightning Learning: Pelvic Injuries
Lightning Learning: Pelvic Injuries

Quick learning bites on EM topics.

#SimBlog: Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
#SimBlog: Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest

Approx. 30 y/o male - found face down in a river. 45 mins of pre-hospital ALS and he has remained in asystole.

 

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Topics covered include… Heart failure; Arrhythmia; Syncope; Endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis

 
 

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