HAP5: Blackouts

The trainee will be able to assess a patient presenting with collapse to produce a valid differential diagnosis, investigate and formulate a management plan.

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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: Orthostatic Hypotension
Lightning Learning: Orthostatic Hypotension

Orthostatic hypotension is the fall in blood pressure when transitioning from lying to standing.

Lightning Learning: SADS
Lightning Learning: SADS

Every week 12 young people in the UK die unexpectedly from a heart condition they didn’t know they had…

#SimBlog: Feeling The Heat?
#SimBlog: Feeling The Heat?

"Terry (71) was out in the garden watering his potatoes, when he felt unwell and collapsed."

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