Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
The legal and ethical framework associated with health care must be a vital part of the practitioner’s competences if safe practice is to be sustained. Within this the ethical aspects of research must be considered. Understand and apply appropriately the principles, guidance and laws regarding medical ethics and confidentiality.
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For patients with a life-limiting condition, the outcome of treatment may be uncertain. Patients will often have priorities which are not always about living longer.
35-year-old patient with a fracture dislocation of the ankle, with no pedal pulse.
Whilst suturing a wound I caught my thumb on the needle… What should I do next??
Some patients are not going to get better, but there is still plenty you can do for them...
Approx. 18 year old Male, witnessed to collapse and have a seizure in town. When he wakes up he tells you he is only 15!
1.5% of Emergency Department (ED) attendances are from those with mental health issues.