CAP4: Aggressive & Disturbed Behaviour

 

The trainee will be competent in predicting and preventing aggressive and disturbed behaviour, use safe physical restraint and chemical sedation, investigate appropriately and liaise with the mental health team.

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Mental Health in the Emergency Department (HST Teaching + Mini Sims)
Mental Health in the Emergency Department (HST Teaching + Mini Sims)

Last week we delivered our revised HST teaching day focused on mental health-related presentations in the ED. This blog contains a full teaching package needed to run an enjoyable training day.

Lightning Learning: Serotonin Syndrome
Lightning Learning: Serotonin Syndrome

Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening drug-induced condition caused by increased serotonergic activity in the brain's synaptic clefts.

F2 Teaching Day (Aug)
F2 Teaching Day (Aug)

A round-up of key learning points from this month’s F2 teaching day. Topics include: Mental Health, Toxicology, Head Injury & End of Life care

Delirium
Delirium

Summary from the IPE session on Delirium.

Lightning Learning: Delirium
Lightning Learning: Delirium

Delirium is greatly under-detected in the ED. 1/3 of cases are preventable and twice as likely to die than non-delirious patients.

#SimBlog: Intoxicated Teenager
#SimBlog: Intoxicated Teenager

The story of a girl who left the party at midnight and attends your ED with only one shoe...

#SimBlog: Co-codamol Overdose
#SimBlog: Co-codamol Overdose

31 y/o female, found unresponsive by her housemates. Empty packets of tablets in the room. She smells of alcohol.

 

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