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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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.
The Yellow Card Scheme is used to report defective, counterfeit or side effects of medicines, vaccines and other blood products. It can also be used to report adverse incidents with medical devices.
Many parents know that swallowing pills can be a real nightmare for some children. Hence, this is a skill that must be taught calmly and playfully to kids.
Poster submission by Lisa Langton (PACP) & Dawn Lewis (ACP) for the #EM2C2018 conference
"You are asked to review a 14 old girl in the ED who is in pain with an infected toe. The orthopaedic team have commenced IV Augmentin…"
"A 14 year old girl is called through by paramedics with sats of 89% in air and wheeze. They have given a 5mg Salbutamol nebuliser with little improvement. ETA 5 minutes."
"A 2 week old baby boy is brought to the ED with concerns of poor feeding, vomiting and sleepiness."
An 8-month-old baby girl is carried into the ED by her mother after a reported fit at home.
73-year-old male with who had a head injury 2 weeks ago now presents with 1 day history of confusion and difficulty walking.
