Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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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.
