CMP5: Shocked Patient

 

The trainee will be able to identify a shocked patient, assess their clinical state, produce a list of appropriate differential diagnoses and initiate immediate management.

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Lightning Learning: Acute Heart Failure
Lightning Learning: Acute Heart Failure

Acute Heart Failure is a serious condition with a mortality rate of up to 50% within a year of hospital discharge. Learn the symptoms; what questions to ask; and where to look on their CXR.

Lightning Learning: Intestinal Ischaemia
Lightning Learning: Intestinal Ischaemia

Intestinal ischaemia presents as poorly localised abdominal pain and is the result of decreased blood flow to the GI tract.

Lightning Learning: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Lightning Learning: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

AAA is the enlargement of the aortic diameter >1.5 times normal and often an incidental finding. But there's an 85-99% mortality rate!

Lightning Learning: Ectopic Pregnancy
Lightning Learning: Ectopic Pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilised egg implants and begins developing outside the uterus, affecting 1-in-80 pregnancies.

The End of Life Care Jigsaw
The End of Life Care Jigsaw

An introduction to the aspects of End of Life Care in the ED using the End of Life Jigsaw from Northampton General Hospital.

#SimBlog: Red Flag Sepsis
#SimBlog: Red Flag Sepsis

A 79-year-old found less responsive in his bed at a residential home.

#SimBlog: Does He Need A Bolus?
#SimBlog: Does He Need A Bolus?

A 2-year-old with a 7-day history of fever. Today he has stopped eating and drinking.

#SimBlog: Acute Heart Failure
#SimBlog: Acute Heart Failure

69-year-old female. Awoke short of breath 6 hours ago. No chest pain.

#SimBlog: Major Haemorrhage
#SimBlog: Major Haemorrhage

57-year-old with collapse following an episode of haematemesis. Hypotensive pre-hospital despite 1500mls IV fluids."

#SimBlog: Septic Baby
#SimBlog: Septic Baby

Sepsis kills. We simulated how to identify and manage a child presenting with Sepsis.

#SimBlog: Ruptured AAA
#SimBlog: Ruptured AAA

This week's sim was a little like the Kobayashi Maru Test... sometimes the outcome is never going to be good.

Lightning Learning: Major Haemorrhage
Lightning Learning: Major Haemorrhage

Quick learning bites on EM topics.

Lightning Learning: DVT & PE
Lightning Learning: DVT & PE

Quick learning bites on EM topics.

Lightning Learning: Pelvic Injuries
Lightning Learning: Pelvic Injuries

Quick learning bites on EM topics.

#SimBlog: Festive Fever
#SimBlog: Festive Fever

78-year-old male admitted from his residential home with a 1-day history of being generally unwell and confused.

#SimBlog: Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose
#SimBlog: Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

15 y/o found unresponsive by his father. Has been struggling at school. Left a suicide note and was found next to some empty packets of his mother's tablets.

Lightning Learning: Problems in Pregnancy
Lightning Learning: Problems in Pregnancy

Pregnant women are at increased risk of infections & sepsis. Signs & symptoms can be subtle.

#SimBlog: Neutropenic Sepsis
#SimBlog: Neutropenic Sepsis

53-year-old presented after an episode of collapse whilst trying to stand up from sofa. He had D&V for 2 days and hasn’t been eating or drinking well.

Lightning Learning: SIRs and Sepsis
Lightning Learning: SIRs and Sepsis

Quick bites on a particular EM theme.

Sim Blog: Acute Upper GI Bleed #2
Sim Blog: Acute Upper GI Bleed #2

A 51-year-old male is brought into the ER by paramedics with a history of fresh haematemesis over the preceding 3 hours.

#SimBlog: Acute Upper GI Bleed #1
#SimBlog: Acute Upper GI Bleed #1

A 61-year-old male is brought to the ER by paramedics with a history of 3 episodes of fresh haematemesis over the preceding 3 hours.

Lightning Learning: GI Bleeds
Lightning Learning: GI Bleeds

Varices account for 5-12% of acute upper GI bleeds and increase the risk of mortality of patients.

 

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